Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Culture: Religion

Native Americans value religion so much, it's hard to believe that they care about anything else, but they do, of course. Actually, many followers of Native American spirituality, do not regard their spiritual beliefs and practices as a "religion" in the way in which many Christians do. Their beliefs and practices form a integral and seamless part of their very being.

So what we would commonly consider as religion, Native American call "spirituality", and that is something we should respect.

The most common religions known are Catholic and Protestant, which covers anything that isn't Catholic (e.g. Christian, Pentecostal, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist). The problem with most religions today is that we don't take it as serious as it should be, unlike the Native Americans. They have a large amount poems and prayers written in honor of these gods, and their fidelity is amazing.

When it comes to religion we should try to exercise our fidelity like the Native Americans, maybe that is what leads to pride and honor in our religion, or as Native Americans call it, spirituality.

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