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onager

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32. Amazing how even non-Western religions shared SOME idiotic beliefs...
Mon Oct 12, 2015, 03:58 PM
Oct 2015

So that whenever some young whippersnapper calls me an old white misogynistic colonialist Western shitlord or somesuch, I happily point them to the Japanese creation myth:

The deities descended from the bridge of heaven and made their home on the island. Eventually, they fell in love and wished to mate...Izanagi and Izanami circled the pillar in opposite directions, and when they met on the other side, Izanami, the female deity, spoke first in greeting. Izanagi didn't think that this was proper, but they mated anyway. They had two children, Hiruko ("leech child&quot and Awashima ("pale island&quot , but the children were badly formed and are not considered gods in their original form. (Hiruko later became the Japanese god, Ebisu.)

The parents, who were dismayed at their misfortune, put the children into a boat and sent them to sea, and then petitioned the other gods for an answer about what they had done wrong. They were informed that Izanami's lack of manners was the reason for the defective births: a woman should never speak prior to a man; the male deity should have spoken first in greeting during the ceremony. So Izanagi and Izanami went around the pillar again, and this time, when they met, Izanagi spoke first. Their next union was successful.

(From Wikipedia)

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Cool fairy tale, bro.... [View all] WillParkinson Oct 2015 OP
Yep. Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #1
No kidding! The time and energy wasted on silly tales and superstitions .. mountain grammy Oct 2015 #2
Religion was critical at the earliest stages of civilization. Lucky Luciano Oct 2015 #5
Except that it appears that we are regressing. jomin41 Oct 2015 #6
I said that it was dated and unnecessary, but Lucky Luciano Oct 2015 #9
That's pretty much an impossible question to answer Major Nikon Oct 2015 #35
Agreed re the moon hundreds of years earlier. Lucky Luciano Oct 2015 #36
For most of recorded history religion and government were one and the same Major Nikon Oct 2015 #37
"They" say religious belief is generally declining worldwide, which is great, but Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #26
I dispute that assumption. Religion was only a way to subjugate others. erronis Oct 2015 #27
yep. Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #3
welcome to du. love your screen name. niyad Oct 2015 #19
Thank you. Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #33
Yup! SoapBox Oct 2015 #4
Ah, monotheism...a gift of the gods. dorkzilla Oct 2015 #7
Wouldn't be so bad if they weren't derivative of earlier fairy tales. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #8
THIS. BlueEye Oct 2015 #10
I kill you! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #12
Yup... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #13
It is amazing how much we pretend to know. zeemike Oct 2015 #15
Abrahamism is a most unoriginal mish-mash of everyone else's ideas. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #22
No, it'd still be bad. Iggo Oct 2015 #23
At least they saved on temple building.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #24
Excellent. And, of course, this one never grows old - mr blur Oct 2015 #11
Not quite what I was expecting, lol! CrispyQ Oct 2015 #20
Shouldn't Solar System precede Solar Interstellar 'Hood? Beartracks Oct 2015 #30
A thought I have more often than any other. V0ltairesGh0st Oct 2015 #14
Most excellent meme, WillParkinson! beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #16
26 Pictures That Will Make You Re-Evaluate Your Entire Existence... TeeYiYi Oct 2015 #17
I'm in awe of the vastness and beauty of the universe ... Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #28
I remember these pics, and thank you so much for reposting. now I can resave it! nothing niyad Oct 2015 #34
I had to steal this for Facebook. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2015 #18
The myopia and narcissism of the relatively recent hairless ape species on this little planet Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #21
"We're so insignificant...why bother with anything...boo-hoo..." AlbertCat Oct 2015 #25
"Hokey religons and ancient weapons are no match for a blaster by your side." Beartracks Oct 2015 #29
THIS!! K & flipping R. n/t ion_theory Oct 2015 #31
Amazing how even non-Western religions shared SOME idiotic beliefs... onager Oct 2015 #32
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