#religion in government

[studentofshinto]

Civic duty and Shinto

OK, so the title might be a bit of a misnomer.

I wanted to do an article which talked about the Japanese sense of civic duty and how it relates to Shinto only to have my search results popping up nothing but articles about State Shinto. Somehow any attempt to connect Shinto with the Japanese sense of civic responsibility is seen as bad from the typical western mindset. Undoubtedly a mindset being pushed by the same sort of people who want to throw out the Constitution's restrictions on Church and State. For the people who are so quick to point out how bad State Shinto was I suggest removing the word "Shinto" and replacing it with "religion". State Shinto sought to present the Emperor, and the Government by extension, as infallible. People who want to push their religion into government are in fact attempting to do the same thing. And it's not about putting Jesus back into schools, it's about power. Just as it was about power when the Japanese government began to create mandates that effected Shinto. When the government is in a position to dictate what people are allowed to believe and how they worship it can never end well. My own brother is so brainwashed that he gets enraged if anyone points out anything that threatens his world view.

At the end of the Pacific War (WW2) Shinto organizations found themselves in the rather awkward position of having to demonstrate that they were not branches of the government and were in fact religious organizations that had been misused by the government. Secular verses non secular. (https://www.jstor.org/stable/26854498?read-now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents)

At the same time there was a drive to eliminate all forms of religion seen as a cult to the western mindset. With Shinto falling into that awkward middle ground of being both a religion and not a religion at the same time it's a wonder it survived at all.

State religion sets out to create a leader, a king, or a president as infallible. Individuals within a certain party within the US are in fact actively trying to force their religion on everyone. The Supreme Court of the United States has proclaimed that the POTUS can not be prosecuted for official acts. So what is an official act? Well, pretty much any order given under an official capacity. Suddenly what at first seemed cut and dried starts getting kind of murky. Kind of like how it's near impossible to sue the police for violating people's rights. The police can literally rob people under a legal umbrella. It might be drug money/proceeds, guilty until proven innocent. Civil forfeiture.

Yes, this post is political in nature.

I strongly encourage everyone to register to vote, and vote. Not just in the big national elections, but in the little local elections. Japan, who's streets are some of the cleanest in the world and who are looked at for having pride in their civic responsibility, has a dismally low voter turnout. Lower even than the United States, and the US Voter turnout isn't much better. About average on the world stage.

In Shinto we see the world with reverence. Something that both looks after us and in turn must be looked after by us. How then can so many of us sit by and allow those who would throw it all away have their way?

Register to vote. Vote. I'm not going to tell you who to vote for. That's up to you. Just vote. Your vote may be far more important than you realize. I watched the Tony Gonzales / Brandon Herrera election in Texas a while back and the split was only 407 votes. The turnout was abysmal. In the upcoming national election the polls are neck and neck. One vote could flip the vote.

[isawthismeme]

[nando161mando]

[cavenewstimes]

Separation of Church and State: The Founding Fathers’ Vision for Religion in the United States

Image by R.M. Anderson The Founding Fathers of the United States held diverse opinions on the role of religion in government, yet they were united in their intention to avoid the establishment of a state-sponsored religion. While some founders were devout Christians and saw religion as a moral compass, their collective efforts resulted in a framework that championed religious freedom and…

[politijohn]

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This should never have been a thing

[n0thingiscool]

GOOD.

But it will be interesting to see where this goes because, like anything else ass backwards in the domain of human rights, the caste system is a system born out of religious belief.

I can see two things happening here... and honestly - this is brilliant challenge to religion in American government no matter which way this goes. What I see happening is either no one's going to step up and defend this disgusting religious belief of low caste by birthrite or someone will... while looking like a soulless cunt.

Gonna be an interesting new precedent on religion and government and I'm here for it.

[beauty-funny-trippy]

The truth about Republicans and Christian Nationalism

[reality-detective]

Mel Gibson says the Pope and the Vatican are Surrounded by Child Molesters — He Believes the Catholic Church is Now a Counterfeit Paralle Church that runs an Entirely Different Religion

• On current Pope Francis, Mel believes he’s covering up or involved in pedophilia now.

[kirisclangen]

Cloveburr

She/her, 18 moons, cis molly

[thatraccoonthing]

As a fandom, we need to start making an effort to get ciphertology to and past the level of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. We need to become a recognized religion!

[liberatingreality]

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

Voltaire, The Age of Louis XIV

[scltbvrns]

right winged indians are so (i don't want to utter that word) when it comes to media literacy but all of them literally grew up in godi media so i cannot blame them either. like no one is saying INDI alliance is good. it's just the lesser evil out of the two.

[nando161mando]

[isaacsapphire]

Something that I have realized recently, due to finally putting together the pieces, is that “leftism/communism/socialism/whatever your 5 person group of Marx/Bakunin admirers calls themselves” is inherently a consciously elitist ostensible savior ideology where current and former university students try to convince the working class/farmers/literal peasants to put their lives on the line to elevate the students to be their rulers. Some of the working class and lumpens believe too of course, but they are at best trying to use the students to further their own interests, and at worst just useful idiots/cumdumpsters for the family-funded students.

It’s also inherently a quasi religious belief, and in places (Christian Anarchism, one of the oldest forms of leftism) is not quasi religious but rather just religious.

[politijohn]

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Louisiana is ranked 40th in K-12 education quality. Glad to see their politicians’ priorities are right. /s

[deepbreakfast]