There are Abrahamic traditions as well as reconstructionist religions but I am surprised there is no Dharmic or Oriental traditions section where Hindus Buddhists Taoists and others can talk and discuss stuff. Does anyone think these sections should be on this site?
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There wasn't adequate discussion regarding those sects to justify the extra subforums when the site was being organized. Odds are that if we end up with a number of topics pertaining to Buddhism, Taoism, Other... then relevant subforums will appear.Life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
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It's not that we don't think we should have one, but most sub forums are created/added on an "as needed" basis. After The Great Crash in 2010, we had to rebuild the forum, mostly, from scratch and we - the owners and admins of the forum - didn't want to have a bunch of mostly empty sub forums that people would have to navigate through. We felt that we could use the more generalized sub forums first until such a time when we notice an increase of a certain type of topic or religion specific questions. It isn't until then that we will create a sub forum and move the topics into one place.Originally posted by Alienist View Post
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I personally would enjoy an "oriental" or East Asian religion section.Comment
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That would be awesome to have up. The taoist-hindu-buddhist thing had been part of my thing for the past ten years or so now.Comment
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In addition to this, the subforums we have now are a result of the population we had then...you might notice that some are more used than others, lol.Originally posted by Juniper View PostWonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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Also, a lot of the threads we've had out there relating to Asian religions have kind of fizzled out rather quickly. It's a little difficult to justify a subforum when the topic doesn't do so well interest wise whenever it does come up.
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I think there are other places that cover the various Dharmic religions well enough that a pagan forum doesn't need to have a special sub to accommodate them. I know two good ones for Hinduism, if anyone is interested.
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I am. I think it's interesting to research Hinduism. I was wondering why other religions like Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism aren't covered much here. I thought there would be at least one for Hinduism since it's the 3rd most popular religion in the world. lol
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Try the Hindu Dharma Forums (link: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/). Read the stickies and lurk for awhile before you post! They have a specific forum culture they're trying to cultivate, and you may get banned if you're too intractable about it.Originally posted by Alienist View PostI am. I think it's interesting to research Hinduism. I was wondering why other religions like Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism aren't covered much here. I thought there would be at least one for Hinduism since it's the 3rd most popular religion in the world. lol
The next is Hinduism on Reddit (link: http://www.reddit.com/r/hinduism). I know, I know--Reddit, but there's some good stuff on that board. Reddit's Buddhism board is pretty active, too, I think. The link to it should be on Hinduism on Reddit's side bar.
The Tao Bums is supposed to be a good place (link: http://thetaobums.com/). As I've never been on their boards, I can't speak to the quality of the discussions.
Anyway, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism are kind of "fringe" pagan religions. These religions predate paganism as we generally understand it in modern times. From my time in paganism, it seems paganism focuses on the "old" gods and the "old" traditions that have, for lack of a better term, "died". Religions such as Hinduism are, indeed, old. They're also still living.
They also tend to have greater moral restrictions or guidelines, which, from what I can tell, a good portion of the pagan population dislikes. They dislike the dogmatic "do this, don't do that" kind of thing, I mean. They want to carve their own way.Blog: http://thestarsafire.tumblr.com
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It might be the third most popular in the world, but to my knowledge, we don't have a single active Buddhist, Hindu, or variant of any other Dharmic religion. I probably know more about Buddhism than most, but even I don't actually identify as Buddhist. It's like having a subforum for pudding cups. We don't talk about pudding cups here, so why would we make a subforum for it, unless the rise of pudding cup worshippers increased drastically?Originally posted by Alienist View PostI am. I think it's interesting to research Hinduism. I was wondering why other religions like Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism aren't covered much here. I thought there would be at least one for Hinduism since it's the 3rd most popular religion in the world. lolComment
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I suppose that's true. Not too many dharmic or oriental religious people here. Of course it's called Pagan Forum so naturally pagan reconstruction religions like Heathenry, or pagan like religions like Wicca are the most popular, with the occasional Christian or Jew here.I guess if a bunch show up we can make a section for them.Originally posted by volcaniclastic View Post
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Ooo! Ooo! Can we have a subforum for pudding cups? Ooo, and bacon! BaconbaconbaconbaconBACON!Originally posted by volcaniclastic View Post
Um... sorry... got a bit carried away there... carry on... mmm, bacon pudding cups...I often wish that I had done drugs in the '70s. At least there'd be a reason for the flashbacks. - Rick the Runesinger
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Why am I imagining chocolate pudding in the cupcake baking papers after reading that? and with extra crispy bacons so they don't get soggy.Comment
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I dunno. I buy my pudding cups in the dairy section. Crispy bacon is always good, yepyepyep...Originally posted by blue_coyote View PostI often wish that I had done drugs in the '70s. At least there'd be a reason for the flashbacks. - Rick the Runesinger
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