EverChanging
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Does anyone here know if Shintoism has borrowed any Christian saints as kami?
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Excuse me , are you a syncretic?Haven't heard of any, but wouldn't surprise me. I'm actually a bit into Japanese culture, though, so I might have heard of it if it was a thing. I have only heard of Buddhist saints who became kamis however.
Maybe you get more replies in the Shinto-DIR?
Shinto DIR
It isn't helpful if you don't understand what syncreticism is. There isn't an indication that you do.I take inspiration from a lot of different religions. Also, Satanism in itself is basically a syncretic religion since it is about creating one's own religion, which of course will have influences from other religions.
So in that sense I can certainly identify as syncretic.
However, I'd understand if you have a problem with me posting in any other thread here, but this one here had zero replies and I at least had some advice to give to the OP. I don't see why it should bother you which DIR I identify with as long as what I write is helpful.
Also, the whole DIR is pretty much abandoned, so why this strict definition?
According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, syncretism isIt isn't helpful if you don't understand what syncreticism is. There isn't an indication that you do.
If you think I shouldn't post here, then report me to the admins; I don't understand why you still think so after the explanation I gave in my previous comment about my syncretism.It is no different from anybother dir, it isn't your concern, if there aren't a lot of threads, etc. We have denomination dirs, etc, that we don't just answer in, because they aren't busy with a lot of activity. No answer is better than a wrong answer, in this case its an ok answer, but for most other questions, non stncretics do answer incorrectly.
According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, syncretism is
"the combination of different forms of belief or practice"
I think in my previous comment I explained how I do this?
"syncreticism" on the other hand seems to be not in the dictionary
If you think I shouldn't post here, then report me to the admins; I don't understand why you still think so after the explanation I gave in my previous comment about my syncretism.