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Goji
04-11-2009, 10:36 AM
From Christianity to Shinto.
razlyubleno
04-11-2009, 10:53 AM
Just for kicks? Or was there a tipping point, where it all just started to make sense?

Does your family know? What do they think?

razly
Goji
04-11-2009, 02:10 PM
Tipping point definitely; nothing made sense in it anymore, and then I found Shinto, and it all made sense.

No, they do not know, they would hold an intervention and try and convert me.
razlyubleno
04-11-2009, 02:34 PM
No, they do not know, they would hold an intervention and try and convert me.
Well... deunreconvert you, or something.

razly
LiquidIce
04-11-2009, 02:53 PM
Care to elaborate on the tipping point? That's like going to carved outa wood and saying "I took a shit" and then adding, 3 pages later, "It had blood in it".

What's that thing that made sense to you in Shinto?
Goji
04-11-2009, 02:53 PM
It's even funnier because they are trying to get me to become a member of the church.
LiquidIce
04-11-2009, 03:39 PM
It's even funnier because they are trying to get me to become a member of the church.

Hey, I havent taken some basic catholic sacraments and haven't been to church for 5 years and my family (deeply religious) has yet to catch on to those facts.
Goji
04-11-2009, 04:58 PM
That's probably what I am gonna end up doing, lol
Jeff Gatherer
04-11-2009, 06:32 PM
not that I'm a fan of Christianity, far from it, I'm curious about your reasons for conversion. What makes Shinto superior?
LiquidIce
04-11-2009, 07:46 PM
not that I'm a fan of Christianity, far from it, I'm curious about your reasons for conversion. What makes Shinto superior?

I've asked the same question but to no avail :(.
ArmsMerchant
04-11-2009, 07:52 PM
yeah, we need more details or I may close the thred due to lack of content. Just saying you converted--heck, many of us have done that more than once--does not make a worthy thread.

BTW--I was baptized Presbyterian, went to angsty teen atheist, flirted with mescaline and Hinduism in college, then to Nisheren Shoshu Buddhism, then Wicca, now I'm more just a generic mystic.
Yggdrasil
04-12-2009, 01:00 AM
What aspects of Shintoism made it seem as a "better" faith? From what I can gather, it's a kind of nature worship, which seems quite irreverent.
Ambient
04-14-2009, 01:16 AM
My hypothesis is that it was chosen simply because it's esoteric.

There is a relationship between religious devotion and geography/culture so just as westerners are generally more Christian and easterners more Hindu, peoples approval or dissaproval is largely due to social contruction aswell.

For instance i could hypothesis that the OP would be converting to Christianity from Shinto religion if he was born in an east Asian country (which is the dichotomy of the current situation).

OP has given no information that leads me to think otherwise.
ObsidianZ
04-14-2009, 01:22 AM
You're converting to...Shinto?

That's like someone saying they're going to start worshipping Zeus and his team of super pal gods.

Seriously, even the Japanese take Shinto for it's mythology value only.


*ObZ
Jeff Gatherer
04-14-2009, 01:32 AM
even the Japanese take Shinto for it's mythology value only.


*ObZ

then they've got it right
LiquidIce
04-14-2009, 06:03 AM
One more step and BAM! Atheism or agnosticism.
Mantikore
04-14-2009, 06:19 AM
Something tells me this thread is a joke
LiquidIce
04-14-2009, 06:33 AM
Something tells me this thread is a joke

The internet is serious business, kind sir.
water bottle
04-14-2009, 09:21 PM
What I get out of this thread: you're a dorky white basement-dwelling teenager who loves anime and has very little understanding of Shinto other than the fact that Japanese people follow it.
We Lost The Skyline
04-14-2009, 10:21 PM
Tipping point definitely; nothing made sense in it anymore, and then I found Shinto, and it all made sense.

No, they do not know, they would hold an intervention and try and convert me.

My parents would do the same, kill me if they found out I wasn't Christian.
Random Tick Tock
04-16-2009, 08:33 AM
If I was going to convert to some Japanese system, I'd choose Onmyodou.

Partly because it shamelessly mixes Shinto, Buddhism, and Taoism. But mostly because it's fucking cool.
postdiluvium
04-16-2009, 06:42 PM
Seriously, even the Japanese take Shinto for it's mythology value only.


Yeah, they only keep it around for historic and traditional purposes. If they ever practice it, its out of culture and not belief. I think this is a troll.
Mr. Morningside
04-17-2009, 12:12 PM
Yeah, they only keep it around for historic and traditional purposes. If they ever practice it, its out of culture and not belief. I think this is a troll.

I think this is a weaboo.
never
04-17-2009, 08:05 PM
Congratulations on your new variation of your neurological disorder.
wu-soldier
04-20-2009, 03:39 AM
I would like to ask you exactly what Shinto is about. I was Taoist for a while until I got further into it. I hope you believe in Animism or you aren't really Shinto.
wu-soldier
04-20-2009, 03:43 AM
Seriously, even the Japanese take Shinto for it's mythology value only.

I doubt that is how actual Shinto people think. Shinto isn't the mythology, it is the Animism and values. They believe all things natural have spirits, rivers, lakes, rocks, mountains, animals, and even you. They believe that you should protect and care for nature. Not just mythology.
Name's Taken
04-20-2009, 03:44 AM
WOLOLO WOLOLO WOLOLO WOLOLO WOLOLO WOLOLO WOLOLO WOLOLO

http://artho.com/age/pics/shot2.gif
LiquidIce
04-20-2009, 04:40 PM
I doubt that is how actual Shinto people think. Shinto isn't the mythology, it is the Animism and values. They believe all things natural have spirits, rivers, lakes, rocks, mountains, animals, and even you. They believe that you should protect and care for nature. Not just mythology.
Lol paganism.
WOLOLO WOLOLO WOLOLO WOLOLO WOLOLO WOLOLO WOLOLO WOLOLO

http://artho.com/age/pics/shot2.gif

This made me fucking lmao.

Also - choosing one religion/one way of thought is not enlightenment, because it shrouds all other ways and roads.
Allen
04-23-2009, 12:51 AM
The above is true, and well said.

Still, there's something that at times can be refreshingly natural and simple about many Easter philosophies. On the other hand, though, I have found that Buddhists in particular can hold their own in metaphysics and complicated discussions of the nature of the self. the thing about the east is, though, they didn't really give a fuck about all that metaphysical questioning. It just got in the way of self-cultivation. Most of the classic questions of philosophy were seen as speed-bumps you had to slow down your progress at.

to find people not stressing about semantics and just finding enlightenment in flowers and concentration is at times very liberating for me.

I enjoy Eastern Philosophies a whole bunch. I especially like Zen Buddhism for it's inherent simplicity and consuming depth both in one.

In short, good for you!!
Allen