Thread:Chrisiow/@comment-34819377-20180708202443/@comment-34819377-20180709041502

Dear Chris, thank you for your reply and being open and honest of your views. I too hope that everyone here has an open mind when it comes to ones view on religion. I come from Japan and like most Japanese, I am not religious in the Christian or Islamic sense.. Many of us mix buddahism philosophy with an old animist type of Japanese belief called Shintoism. When I say pray I do not pray to a God but more like give thanks to our ancester and to the nature that surrounds us because I do believe it is our family, community and land water and nature that gives us life and meaning. Probably using the words ‘pray” is not correct but it’s the easiest way for me to explain what I do often, look up into the sky and give thanks for our lives to my ancestors. In that sense probably I’m what the western culture calls a heretic?! :) Hope your days go as smoothly as can be in your very difficult times.. Regards, Meichan