#thru the same lense as the christianisation via imperialism of colonised ppl in the 16th century to the present

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i think the core of what i dislike about most of these arguments made mostly by white neopagans who want to feel oppressed about how xtianity ‘stole’ such and such a thing, or whatever, is the assumption that mingling between cultural groups, and cultural change, is inherently a violent process, and the adoption of newer practises or the modification of older ones is a distortion of the True, Authentic Culture. that is a classic reactionary viewpoint, you get that, right....? we r talking about things that happened ~1000 years before the origins of modern imperialism. the christianisation of europe was largely voluntary. your AnCesTorS gradually received new practises via trickle-down from their ruling class and gradually incorporated it with their existing traditions and belief systems. that isnt cultural appropriation, and its certainly nothing like colonisation and cultural genocide