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What's your problem with christianity?
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RE: What's your problem with christianity?
(May 24, 2013 at 11:59 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: You're welcome.

Although the Piraha believe spirits exist, I could find nothing on them 'calling on' the spirits or spirits looking after them. They do make amulets to protect them from spirits. They seem to interpret some of the natural things they see as being manifestations of spirits. Although they accept the existence of spirits, they don't seem to worship them. The absolute sense of worship is to show reverent love and devotion.

However, the Piraha are certainly not free of superstition, despite their built-in skepticism in not believing stories about something that the tellers haven't seen for themselves.
You make a noteworthy point. According to my definitions and beliefs though, worshipping a deity other than God means giving the rights of God to other than God. Having an amulet means you believe that it will protect you in a 'supernatural' way, the only being that can provide a 'supernatural' type of protection is God, so calling upon spirits believing that they will hear you or that you will hear them and they will grant you something is the embodiment of worship. Having an amulet is automatically considered worship according to me (because Islam says so obviously Smile) That's the kind of stuff they seem to be doing and it does sounds closer to polytheism than atheism, in fact I just saw a picture of them wearing all these different amulets together, they look pretty devoted to it. 

I think this is just about definitions really, but what they are doing is definitely considered polytheism according to me. Although I only did a quick bit of research and this issue definitely requires further exploration.

(May 24, 2013 at 12:45 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You strike me as the kind who hangs out in gay bathrooms.
Only one bathroom I hang out in, Mrs Min's Wink For a BJ obviously...
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What's your problem with christianity? - by gitonga - May 24, 2013 at 6:37 am
RE: What's your problem with christianity? - by gitonga - May 24, 2013 at 12:23 pm
RE: What's your problem with christianity? - by Raven - May 24, 2013 at 9:22 am
RE: What's your problem with christianity? - by Terr - May 24, 2013 at 8:00 pm
RE: What's your problem with christianity? - by Raven - May 24, 2013 at 9:43 am
RE: What's your problem with christianity? - by gitonga - May 24, 2013 at 12:42 pm
RE: What's your problem with christianity? - by Sal - May 24, 2013 at 1:20 pm
RE: What's your problem with christianity? - by ideologue08 - May 24, 2013 at 4:14 pm
RE: What's your problem with christianity? - by Raven - May 24, 2013 at 11:16 am
RE: What's your problem with christianity? - by Sal - May 24, 2013 at 2:18 pm
RE: What's your problem with christianity? - by Cato - May 24, 2013 at 7:12 pm
RE: What's your problem with christianity? - by Cato - May 24, 2013 at 7:48 pm

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