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Originally Posted by Shaunc
Now a small Irish joke to end the post on.
What's the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish funeral. One less drunk.
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Ok. Alcohol abuse, Indigenous problems and Irish –
tick
(This one I only know personally too well).
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As far as fraud in native American tradition/spirituality. It's probably no better and no worse than any other religion.
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Why do you call Native American tradition a religion? I don't know -
is it?
Would you call Aboriginal Australian Spirituality a religion?
(Indigenous Shamanism imo. is not a religion either, rather I would call it a ‘worldview’, 'reality orientation' or 'animism in action').
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I wouldn't be getting too stressed out about a few charlatans.
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But have you
ever! heard of a
fake Australian Aboriginal or even a white Australian doing weekend workshops teaching Aboriginal Spirituality?!
I have not.
The only fraudulent claim I have ever heard of was about Marlo Morgan,
an American author, who wrote her bestselling book the
“Mutant Message Down Under”.
https://www.creativespirits.info/res...age-down-under
And if you have ever spent time in communities of the Central Desert – the book does not make much sense.
Or
Shaunc - have you
ever heard of people claiming Aboriginal Australian ancestry – when in reality they do not have it - the way white Americans, even African Americans do claim Native American ancestry?!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR_p6PdAIrI