#until u stop comparing it to what the modern church did and still does 2 indigenous ppl
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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
#not that interactions in the past were never violent or co-erced but like#you can NOT be talking about the <6th century christianisation of europe#thru the same lense as the christianisation via imperialism of colonised ppl in the 16th century to the present#like.........................................you must know thats not the same#i hate when i have to do this bc its not that there werent a ton of problems w the early church#but its like white neopagans have such a hard on for likening this to the role missionaries played in imperalism#and like it just isnt the same and its sooo insulting and awful#so like im taking away that nuance#until u stop comparing it to what the modern church did and still does 2 indigenous ppl#but what im specifically talking abt here is like#the misattribution of pre-xtian traditions#found among xtians today#as like... Cultural Appropriation of Pagans or something#like okay but they appropriated themselves#so idk how that works
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