cavemanf16 on Nostr: If you are searching for identity in ancestral worship (even if mostly benign in the ...
If you are searching for identity in ancestral worship (even if mostly benign in the form of “my kids look like their ancestors, yay!”), then you’re focusing on the wrong god.
If you just prefer a spouse and the family history you are marrying into who comes from a very similar background to your own, fine.
Let’s not conflate the two things to turn ancestralism into some sort of “Good” worldview.
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