![]() ![]() ![]() One such religion is Shinto, the traditional religion of Japan - which, very interestingly, doesn’t even qualify as “religion” in the minds of most Japanese people today, as that term tends to be reserved for Buddhism and Christianity. ![]() In our attempts to understand and recreate polytheistic religions, great utility can be found in examining forms of polytheism that are uninterrupted by Christian or Islamic domination and suppression, and which have been practiced continuously for several thousand years. When people from creedal religions (particularly Christianity and Islam) meet people from other religions, they usually ask them, “What do you believe?” When people from practical and experiential religions meet people from other religions, they tend to instead ask, “What do you do?” Modern (and ancient) pagan religions are practical and experiential in nature, as are most animist and polytheist religions. ![]()
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