[YoungBlade]

(11-25-2015 09:35 PM)LINUX Wrote:  

You lost me when you started talking about canons and syncretism.

But to answer your question, "No, I don't find American spirituality odd."

I find Islam odd, and that new religion I read about the other day where the worship the flying spaghetti monster.

"Canon" is the body of dogma and spiritual truth at the foundation of a religion. "Syncretism" is when features of one religion meld with another (e.g. baby jesus wearing an Aztec imperial feather crown in a Mexican cathedral).

Yes, Islam is weird, considering its holy text was collected from writings on random objects such as bones, scraps of fur, etc. Yet the canon is somehow absolute. Though in regards to their doctrine, I must say they have it all together, aside from succession of authority, which is all politics (see Iran, IS, Saudi Arabia).

FSM I'm quite certain is a parody.