In alot of ways i think there is that subtle disrespect. I don't think it's intentional it's just how people were raised.
For instance I have a boss that laughs at the idea of gremlins during WW2. He talked about how everyone was just being silly and such. How they were looking for reasons to cover up bad mechanical work. I see this as a possibility but he casually dismisses the whole spirit thing in general.
He thinks it's fairy tale nonsense.
Yet he is a devout christian who believes God turned people into pillars of salt and Jesus died and was reborn. This to him is not flakey.
To me it's funny to see this kind of attitude. People will say other gods/goddesses are myth but the Bible is no less "spectacular" and they will attend church every Sunday.
For my wedding we wore chinese style clothes. Frog button kung-fu style shirts and such. the ladies all had cool chinese dresses. I heard a comment or two about "costumes" and "uniforms" so i made aa sarcastic joke and was like " Yeah some folks call this clothing" to which they kinda got the point.
I'm not saying i'd never use such info to support my views ina debate and/or argument. But i'm really curious to what the actual historical basis is for alot of this. Seeing the truer more traditional understandings and seeing how they correlate to the modern view of such things. Like with the Reiki symbols you can find info on the buddhist perspective of the symbols ( the site that sticks out to me is fascin8or's) and they make more sense and seem more complete. Yet it is extremely simple to see where the western view came from.
I think people don't like to be wrong. Let's look at christianity. If the truth of the bible is different enough it means people have been following something flawed for 2000 years. Which means that there is the chance all these folks who thought they were saved aren't because the message got mixed up over time. It means the churches lose power over the various congregations because they have led folks through falsehood when they were looked at as THE Source for such information. I don't think the world would be thrown into turmoil or anything. But I think alot of people will have a much different view. Imagine going through life thinking you're definitely a shoe in for Heaven to find out someone 2000 years ago screwed up and now you're at a point where you are worried for your soul. I think psychologicaly this can have some serious effects for some folks. But more likely , and sad as it is to say, i think the masses will cling to what they have been doing because they are told that such things are the work of Satan. Even if the truth is drastically different, people want to believe they have been right the whole time.
