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SuperDicq@SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo (2026-10-26 20:05:58)
@menherahair@eientei.org @sun@shitposter.world Shinto isn't as bad as most religions, as it's fully decentralized and it doesn't really impact daily life of people that much. I still don't actually believe in it though.
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Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-10-26 20:08:04)
@SuperDicq @menherahair shinto was heavily utilized by the japanese government as a nationalistic state religion to justify racism and imperialism

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Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-10-26 20:09:02)
@SuperDicq @menherahair it's an explicitly ethnic religion btw its 100% tied to japanese islands and ethnicities, there's like two non japanese shinto priests worldwide and they're not recognized by most other shinto

The Mono Foundation@mono@shitposter.world (2026-10-26 20:48:46)
@sun @SuperDicq @menherahair this is wrong. basically everything written about japanese shinto in english is wrong though so i dont blame you, but if you want to know more you will have to read about 神仏分離. japanese sources on 国家神道 contradict western 'state shinto' fiction. 

i suggest not talking about this topic until youve learned more about meiji era history