Talk:Crypto-Paganism
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This term is important because there are several thousand people throughout the modern world that fall under the umbrella of being crypto-pagans, that have been ruthlesly persecuted and nearly exterminated in some instances. Many people think that religion is a straighforward matter. The crypto-pagan phenomenon shows that things are not that simple, and that what may appear to the be the proffessed beleifs of a people can infact be starkly different from what is actually beleived. Many people are also not aware of the real variety in world religion, and tend to think of places like the middle east as being home to a monolithic and unchanging Islamic religion. User:Nygdan 1-17-2005
[edit] Rename
In keeping with convention this article should be named "Crypto-paganism" or "Crypto-Paganism". I'm no expert so I don't know which capitalisation is correct. Please comment for/against here, I would not want to move this without some concensus. Zunaid 14:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
This is a good point Zunaid, however, there are already a bunch of links elsewhere in the wikipedia that reference it as Crypto-pagans. I don't know if there is some way to redirect or what. If so, then your suggestion is most sensible. Nygdan 1-25-06
- It will automatically redirect, and it should be capitalized. I'll do it. Cuñado
- Talk 00:23, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Articles for Deletion debate
This article survived an Articles for Deletion debate. The discussion can be found here. -Splashtalk 00:48, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Hmm, hopefully, now that the page has survived, it won't try to WREACK ITS REVENGE UPON US ALL!!! I fear we've only made it stronger in trying and failing to kill it. Nygdan 1-25-06
See, the article's Revenge has already started! Nygdan 13:26, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] References
This article still needs at least one good reference. I think you mentioned reading about this stuff in a book somewhere. As it is now it's all original research, and obviously vague. It basically says "Somewhere... somehow... someone is hiding something." Cuñado - Talk 05:51, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
I have to argue for the removal of the examples of Druze and Yezidi (or Yazidi) from examples of crypto-paganism. Both are outgrowths of Islam. Of the Yezidi, for example:Their religion is an Islamic adaptation incorporating Jewish, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Manichaean elements. They believe that God is the creator of the universe and that the Peacock Angel (Malak Ta'us) carries out God’s will as his active agent. This angel is represented by bronze and iron peacocks, seven of which are connected with seven angels who assisted God in creation. from Nigosian, S. A. Islam : Its History, Teaching, and Practices. Bloomington, IN, USA: Indiana University Press, 2004. p 62. L Hamm 17:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
