>>112528
>I've never heard actual Shinto people say this. They see kami as a Japanese thing. Like maybe other cultures have something like kami but kami are Japanese and Japanese only. Look at it this way, Japanese kami are like gods who only live in Japan. Its not a universal spirituality at all but a local nativist one.

What you say is not in contrast to what I say. The most universal spirituality is the one that turns to the native land we live in and evolves along with it. All the other forms of spirituality I mention don't worship the same kami or practice the same rites because Shintou is inherently connected to the land and nature of Japan. They are in different landscapes, so they cannot worship the same kami. But the act of turning to the land and worshiping the spirits, gods, kami, energies, etc. in it wherever you are is a universal thing that all peoples around the world seem to have done as their most original, ancient form of worship. It has been named Shintou in Japan because it was simply snuffed out instead of being allowed to coexist with organized religions in most other countries in the world. Otherwise we might have names for whatever people practiced as native rites in Europe, in the Americas, or wherever else.

Such is my opinion. Maybe some Shintoists in Japan would disagree, but the thread is about our opinions, no?