Who Here Practises a Western Religion?

[Rival]

So who here practises a religion NOT founded in Asia?

A religion founded in Europe or the Americas.

 

[Regiomontanus]

So who here practises a religion NOT founded in Asia?

A religion founded in Europe or the Americas.

Hmm. As an eastern Orthodox, I guess no? However, considering the historical ties (pre-1054) with Roman Catholics...

 

[Rival]

Hmm. As an eastern Orthodox, I guess no? However, considering the historical ties (pre-1054) with Roman Catholics...

Sigh.

I do like your posts, but did you read the OP? Christianity is an Asian religion as it began in Jerusalem. The RCC is just as Asian.

 

[Regiomontanus]

Sigh.

I do like your posts, but did you read the OP? Christianity is an Asian religion as it began in Jerusalem.

Hi. I hope your studies are going well. So, as an Anglican, do you consider yourself to be follower of an Asian religion?

 

[Rival]

Hi. I hope your studies are going well. So, as an Anglican, do you consider yourself to be follower of an Asian religion?

......

Jesus was Jew.

So yes.

I don't get why this is hard? Christianity is Asian.

 

[Rival]

For those who are still somehow confused, here is a list of native European religions:

Norse religion
Celtic religion
Greek religion
Roman religion
Slavic religion
Sami religion
Gothic religion

And so on.

None of these are derived from Middle Eastern prophets.

 

[Regiomontanus]

......

Jesus was Jew.

So yes.

I don't get why this is hard? Christianity is Asian.

Yes, but my point is that it (Christianity) is universal. So, when I think about Jesus and his ministry, I do not see an east-west divide. But I get what you are asking. Mormonism is probably as west as it gets . Anyway, I like this thread and hope it will generate some interesting and insightful responses. Be well.

 

[Rival]

Yes, but my point is that it (Christianity) is universal. So, when I think about Jesus and his ministry, I do not see an east-west divide. But I get what you are asking. Mormonism is probably as west as it gets . Anyway, I like this thread and hope it will generate some interesting and insightful responses. Be well.

Mormonism goes back to Jesus who was a Middle Eastern prophet, so it's Asian.

 

[Rival]

Yes, but my point is that it (Christianity) is universal. So, when I think about Jesus and his ministry, I do not see an east-west divide. But I get what you are asking. Mormonism is probably as west as it gets . Anyway, I like this thread and hope it will generate some interesting and insightful responses. Be well.

I don't believe there's any such thing as a universal religion. The Christian Holy Book is written in certain languages bound in certain cultures. No culture can be universal. All religions are 'ethnic'.

 

[Quintessence]

So who here practises a religion NOT founded in Asia?

A religion founded in Europe or the Americas.

I don't know, given issues I mentioned in an earlier post (Who Here Practises a Western Religion?).

I would certainly say so, but others would have different opinions on the matter.

So... I just don't know. Yes if you feel like making it yes. No if you feel like making it no.

 

[Eddi]

My personal world view is decidedly Western

 

[crossfire]

How about religions from Africa? (Such as Ancient Egyptian religions? Is Egypt too close to the Middle East to count?)

 

[Tamino]

I was thinking more like Slavic Paganism. Those people groups can be traced back, sure, but I haven't found anyone saying Slavic Paganism is the same as Hinduism because they're etymologically related. The beliefs, praxis etc. are clearly different to the point of being divergent and unrecognizable as being from the same stock.

So Norse, Druidry, Aztec etc. are what I'm thinking of.

But.... if, for example, Zeus can be demonstrated to be a later form of the Indo-European "sky father", while Athena is indigenous to the Aegean coast & islands and Hecate might be an import from what is today the Turkish coastline but technically West of the Black Sea...
At which point does a practice become "divergent"? How do you draw lines in a fuzzy, moving systems? In a Pantheon that is a patchwork family?

I'm Kemetic. Egypt is south of the Black Sea, sits on the African continent and has cultural ties to the Middle East.
I am a thoroughly Western person by location and cultural heritage. I certainly don't claim that my practice is "authentic". I read a lot of ancient texts, but I freely admit that I pick and choose what fits with my very much modern, democratic and feminist ethics. I include offerings to local spirits and deities and merge Egyptian New Year celebration with observance of my local seasonal changes.... I really don't think that my religion is "Western", but neither is it Eastern.... and of course "East" and "West" are never meaningful locations on our spinning ball of rock unless you relate it to the implicit bias of your point of view.

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

By Western I mean indigenous to the West, west of Asia, Turkey, Middle East etc.

So no Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Dharmic faiths, Tao etc.

I would answer Greek philosophy, but I can't since the Greeks in part for the time frame lived in now Turkey and were to close to non-Europa as such in that some ideas are properly not Greek.

 

[rocala]

How about religions from Africa? (Such as Ancient Egyptian religions? Is Egypt too close to the Middle East to count?)

I really hope not. I recall the shock when as a child I found that Egypt was an African country. I know I am not the only one. My impression of Africa was formed by Tarzan films and the T.V. series Daktari.

It seems very wrong to me that westerners should be deciding which parts of their culture Africa can keep and what is other.

 

[crossfire]

I really hope not. I recall the shock when as a child I found that Egypt was an African country. I know I am not the only one. My impression of Africa was formed by Tarzan films and the T.V. series Daktari.

It seems very wrong to me that westerners should be deciding which parts of their culture Africa can keep and what is other.

I'm puzzled that nothing from Turkey, Iran, or India is included, as they are derived from the same Proto-Indo-European culture that Europeans are.
I see East meets West as happening in India.

Proto-Indo-European mythology - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[rocala]

I'm puzzled that nothing from Turkey, Iran, or India is included, as they are derived from the same Paleo-Indo-European culture that Europeans are.

Yes I was thinking that was a fly in the ointment myself.

 

[The Hammer]

So who here practises a religion NOT founded in Asia?

A religion founded in Europe or the Americas.

There really aren't any that aren't just consider d "New movements".

Because almost all indigenous knowledge of religion and practices were wiped out by the incoming Christian tradition into Europe, they also took some of those same indigenous practices and claimed them as their own.

I practice Druidry and it is "western", but it has to draw from many paths/directions (North South East and west), thanks to the destruction of those that remembered the stories of old.

 

[Rival]

Yes I was thinking that was a fly in the ointment myself.

But they are clearly not the same.

So can we please stick to the topic?

 

[Twilight Hue]

By Western religion I mean originated fully west of Asia.

The religion cannot be traced back to anywhere East of the Black Sea.

A religion from Europe, that started in Europe, or anywhere in the Americas.

I can't think of too many aside from Native American religions.