• shawn1122@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    A lot of indigineous thinking captured in one passage, particularly restorative justice.

    I was raised Christian but reading texts on Indigineous thought has been what has helped me realize what makes a good person.

    Too much in Abrahamic religions is about obedience and blind submission to authority which is why I often feel drawn to eastern religious thought also. Both Eastern religious thought and the indigineous worldview are more holistic in my view.

    I find Abrahamic religious teachings to be very exclusionary (hey if you beleive what we believe we’ll let you into heaven) Almost like a country club of sorts. Eastern and Indigineous philosophy (with the exception of the caste system warping into a rigid institutionalized social hierarchy due in part to Western influence) seem to be much more inclusionary.