10-08-2022, 02:52 PM
The roots of Hawaiian religion are found in the concept of Aloha.
No Aloha, no religious argument. No Aloha, no sacred mountain.
So where is the Aloha in throwing ashes into the eyes of humanity for... stargazing?
It is a contradiction. Particularly for a culture based upon stargazing and navigation.
The extremists seem willing to sacrifice Hawaiian religion and culture on the altar of politics.
Nothing new there. Politically and legally, it is a very savvy move.
But from the perspective of religion it is a Catch-22 that voids religion as an argument.
Humanity needs a very large telescope in the N Hemisphere to find another habitable planet.
Otherwise human extinction is a Probability-1 event at some point in the future.
That is a somewhat larger issue than the tender feelings of a loud and uncompromising minority with a political ax to grind.
They are within their rights to make their feelings known, but we are at the point that they are trampling the rights of others.
There is no future to be found in the past, unless the intent is to depopulate the Islands by 90% and live in isolation under someone's benign military protection.
Good luck with that. I suppose there is always a first time for anything.
No Aloha, no religious argument. No Aloha, no sacred mountain.
So where is the Aloha in throwing ashes into the eyes of humanity for... stargazing?
It is a contradiction. Particularly for a culture based upon stargazing and navigation.
The extremists seem willing to sacrifice Hawaiian religion and culture on the altar of politics.
Nothing new there. Politically and legally, it is a very savvy move.
But from the perspective of religion it is a Catch-22 that voids religion as an argument.
Humanity needs a very large telescope in the N Hemisphere to find another habitable planet.
Otherwise human extinction is a Probability-1 event at some point in the future.
That is a somewhat larger issue than the tender feelings of a loud and uncompromising minority with a political ax to grind.
They are within their rights to make their feelings known, but we are at the point that they are trampling the rights of others.
There is no future to be found in the past, unless the intent is to depopulate the Islands by 90% and live in isolation under someone's benign military protection.
Good luck with that. I suppose there is always a first time for anything.