The religion of the future

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[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I've heard of this with Eastern European Pagans where they do the same Homa rituals as in Vedic Hinduism and even bring over Brahmins to officiate marriages and such. I think while that might be a good way of somewhat approximating how your ancestors worshipped, I doubt it's something you could really bring the masses into. I could be wrong though.

[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That is why I think Buddhism would make for a better option, since there's more room for personal agency. With the pagan revivalism stuff, you'd first need to figure out how to create an authentic priesthood and functional methods of worship, and even then I think paganism would at best be able to act in a vanguard role. If the goal is conversion of the entire population, I think that would take at least a century of pagan government.

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Those rituals have honestly become larp as their original meaning and purpose have been lost. We have little existing knowledge in regards to the old faiths.

[–]Ponderer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

IMO some LARP can be interesting, but it is better to give people free reign to discover something new and more relevant to them, rather than constrain them with practices ancient people may or may not have done. If it is truly important, it can be rediscovered.