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Re:Idols and Good Old Gods by amriksohata on Sunday January 15, 2023 @04:41AM (#34388130)
In the article they describe the Christians as perceiving the pagans as devil worshippers. Infact the pagans would respect trees and revere the environment rather than cut them down for Christmas. Religions like Hinduism gave the world yoga, Ayurveda, meditation etc

This was just a way for missionaries to "other" anything that wasnt them.

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Re:Idols and Good Old Gods by gerikson on Sunday January 15, 2023 @05:04AM (#34388234)
Christmas trees are a late 19th Century German tradition.
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Re:Idols and Good Old Gods by paxprose on Sunday January 15, 2023 @05:57AM (#34388493)
I thought it had roots from palm fronds in egypt?
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Re:Idols and Good Old Gods by svnt on Sunday January 15, 2023 @06:16AM (#34388574)
Ironically the origins probably stem from pre-Christian polytheistic (people using “pagan” here) practices anticipating the return of spring.
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Re:Idols and Good Old Gods by iamshs on Sunday January 15, 2023 @05:19AM (#34388318)
Caste system too. Apartheid on a scale which has forever condemned millions into a state which they'll never get out.
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Re:Idols and Good Old Gods by swexbe on Sunday January 15, 2023 @06:06AM (#34388530)
Ayurveda is a big scam
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Re:Idols and Good Old Gods by svnt on Sunday January 15, 2023 @06:19AM (#34388582)
Americanized Ayurveda often is, but that ends up being the case for most of the initial attempts to use aspects of integrated systems from other cultures. This does not mean Ayurvedic practices, properly situated, do not have value.
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Re:Idols and Good Old Gods by annyeonghada on Sunday January 15, 2023 @07:00AM (#34388772)
Yoga is stretching. Ayurveda is pseudoscientific nonsense. Meditation exists in lots of religious traditions. Now let's talk about the cast system. Wasn't that a way for high status people to "other" anyone who wasn't them?
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