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0 pointsRooster616mo ago0 comments

> I often wonder how dealing with death compares to the east where ancestors are commonly remembered, contemplated, and revered.

In what way is this not western as well? Implying that western culture does not remember, contemplate, and revere those that have gone before us is a bad take.

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xyzelement6mo ago

I agree with you on the western religious tradition, but I think it's less true for the secular west today.

With ample exceptions of course, a stereotypical "secular" person thinks of their ancestors as racist people that lived in an irrelevant time, and doesn't feel some sort of connection to them, or an obligation to continue them. So I think the poster you're replying to is kinda correct from a today point of view.

SketchySeaBeast6mo ago

> a typical "secular" person thinks of their ancestors as racist people that lived in an irrelevant time,

I think you missed the "stereo" in front of your "typical".

xyzelement6mo ago

I went ahead and added that "stereo" to my comment. I think you're right, but I also think that stereotype is grounded in reality with a lot of empirical observation. So yes, not exclusive but certainly common.

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watwut6mo ago

Your made up straw man secular person is, frankly, ridiculous. Like, we all get it, conservative Christians hate the rest of us and look down on us. Duh.

mc326mo ago

I also think seeking mental health is more popular in the west than the east where it's even less of a thing to seek.

righthand6mo ago

In the way that most people don’t have a routine of that contemplation and remembrance and that individual self, ego, and your future is placed as more important in the day-to-day.

Rooster61OP6mo ago

That's moving the goalposts. Implying that people do not go through that remembrance vs implying that they do not do so on a set routine are not the same thing.

Not to mention that such a routine might very well be part of the medical therapy that we are talking about here.

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xyzelement6mo ago

I agree with you on the western religious tradition, but I think it's less true for the secular west today.

SketchySeaBeast6mo ago

> a typical "secular" person thinks of their ancestors as racist people that lived in an irrelevant time,

I think you missed the "stereo" in front of your "typical".

xyzelement6mo ago

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watwut6mo ago

Your made up straw man secular person is, frankly, ridiculous. Like, we all get it, conservative Christians hate the rest of us and look down on us. Duh.

mc326mo ago

I also think seeking mental health is more popular in the west than the east where it's even less of a thing to seek.

righthand6mo ago

In the way that most people don’t have a routine of that contemplation and remembrance and that individual self, ego, and your future is placed as more important in the day-to-day.

Rooster61OP6mo ago

That's moving the goalposts. Implying that people do not go through that remembrance vs implying that they do not do so on a set routine are not the same thing.

Not to mention that such a routine might very well be part of the medical therapy that we are talking about here.

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