So, I tend to hit the religious tag almost every day, trying to find something to write about. As a rule, I come up with a great deal of nothing. But there is a couple things I’ve noticed.
One) Pagans do not tend to apply the religion tag to their posts, it seems. I know a lot of Pagans take issue with the idea of religion (which seems really odd). Or maybe we just don’t have enough Pagans on here posting. Which I don’t think is the case, as I have a fairly good number of Pagan blogs I follow here, and I’m not even following a majority of them. I think we can do better, folks. It’s one word in your tag box, and it gets us out there and lets people know they aren’t alone and there are options.
Two) There seems to be a growing number of Muslim blogs. And, at the risk of sounding offensive…they’re kinda….idk. Braggy? One of them that keeps popping up is ISLAM-World’s Greatest Religion! I suppose that’s catchy, if inaccurate. After all, I suppose I could have called mine “Asatru! World’s Greatest Religion!” but then I don’t believe that Asatru or Heathenism are the greatest religion in the world. I think they’re really good, and they are best for people of Euro/Scando/Tuetonic ancestry, just as Khemetism would be for Egyptians, Hellenismos for the Greeks, and so on and so forth. Regardless, most Muslim blogs come across as their religion is the best, only, and perfect, etc. I suppose that’s not too different from the Christian blogs, or even the Atheist blogs, but still. I don’t have a problem with Muslims believing in Islam (not as a rule anyways, though I have grave issues with the religion itself) and I don’t think they need to be silenced or anything. I would, however, like it if they showed a bit more humility and brotherly spirit. I know that’s probably impossible, from what I’ve studied of Islam, but I can hope.
Peace, as the man says.
Son of Hel 
Honestly, it never occurred to me to tag my entries with “religion”. I think of what I practice as based more on the spiritual than the religious. And I don’t think that one necessarily equates with the other.
I have noticed a general feeling that Islam-based bloggers are “better than” others. I don’t know much about the religion, except that pride tends to have something to do with it. I’m all for a religion that makes you filled with pride, but less for a religion that makes you look down at others. I have similar issues with Christians, though, so maybe it’s just me being against Abrahamic faiths without fully realizing it.
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my studies indicate it is less “pride” and more like “supremacy” to a degree that would make all but the most fundamentalist Christians blush.
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Oh, dear. That’s really frightening, actually.
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very much so. I’ve done a lot of research on it. All those middle east countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia? that’s an accurate following. What’s happening with the Arab spring is more and more of the Muslims factions returning the countries to the Muslim way (from secular dictators who arguably have/had more human rights than what’s coming).
Some of the worst parts that I’ve found (that are still in practice) is that it is acceptable to lie in order to further Islam becoming the sole religion, that all non-muslims are not in fact human, but the descendants of dogs and pigs (dogs are very hated in Islam, apparently). And that anyone who is not a follower of Islam is to be harassed, and even killed, until they convert. The more you look into it, the more horrifying it becomes.
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I have never actually thought about using the tag “religion.” I tend to think of my blog as more of a “spiritual” blog, but I can see the benefit in using the “religion” tag.
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I don’t use the word ‘religion’ as a category/tag or even in general because it comes with tons of very, very unnecessary baggage. I prefer the word ‘spiritual’ as it seems more appropriate to the solitary path I follow. On the subject of the racial/cultural appropriateness of spiritual traditions for those who are of particular ethnic groups I can’t really agree. Blessings.
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Thanks for pointing this out. It never occurred to me to use the generic tag of religion. I normally tag it with the type of religion (paganism) I will have to change that on future post.
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They’re just doing what they’re taught. I’ve had some close internet dealings with a few Muslim people and they’re taught that they’re the world’s greatest, and only true, religion. They’re taught that it’s a perfect faith. So, they’re doing what they’re conditioned to do. Sort of like Christians. Christians are taught that Jesus is the only way and that they should go out and convert as many people as possible. The real reason is for world domination and control over large populations and it’s engineered that way, but most of them aren’t tuned into anything more than they’re own existence or faith to know that. Islam is sort of the same. I know it’s not PC to say things like that, but it’s the truth and people don’t like to face that these days.
That’s a blunt way to put it.
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Yeah. I wish more people would be less PC about stuff like this. If people had been as PC about Christianity as they are about Islam, we’d have never started getting out from under the Cross. Let us hope we learn before it’s too late to get out from under the Moon.
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Just a correction: it’s “Kemetic”, not “Khemetic”.
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It is? :O I’m sorry, I’ve seen it written Khemetic in things like Alchemy books and I think other sites, but thank you for the correction. I will attempt to remember to fix that. I do not wish to bring insult by misspelling another’s Path. None of us like that.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemet
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