I don't know if they were singing to trees but they were surrounding huge oak trees and holding hands while singing. I can't remember what time of the year this was, maybe Easter or lent or something. I didn't know you guys worshipped trees?
Maybe they still have remnants from the old Pre-christian/Pre-islamic Waaqist religions.
, I don't know what you saw .We definitely do not worship trees
We definitely do not worship trees
They probably were not even usI would've asked what they were doing, but I was afraid they were illegal immigrants and they'd think I was from the Home Office and attack me.
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The father the son and the holy leaves
Yes, it may be an ethnoreligion...but you don't see that uniting Eritrean/Ethiopian xabashis into one country now, do you?? There is no 'Tewahedo Ummah' if you will. And it's not just due to political differences, Eritrean Xabashi have different mindset and history(Medri Bahri) which influences identity in a much stronger way. If it were political differences rather than mindset/shared experiences, Ethiopia would've split into a thousands of little groups a long time ago.
They probably were not even us
Sounds like a group of white people singing to a large Christmas tree
Well we do not sing at a tree that's for sure
Dude, I think I know the difference between cadaan people and xabashis. Give me a little credit.
.Well we do not sing at a tree that's for sure
You're trollingThen they must have been Ethiopian Sufi/hippies because they were definitely Habesha.
Maybe they belong to the Ethiopian Oak tree Sufi dariqah.
You're trolling
Logically speaking, quoting a random statement that I make(which was in jest, by the way) is not sufficient proof to confirm my identity. If I wrote the most pro-darood things ever on this forum, would you change your mind about my DNA/identity and label me as darood tomorrow??
It`s not about whether your conclusions are right or wrong...but rather that, your premise and logical reasoning for it are absolute.
Plus, let's not forget that this is just the internet after all:siilaanyosmile:
Lol, it's not always about what's well known (although I understand the why it'd seem sensible)...appeal to popularity, alone, is an ignorant reason to select a certain faith or denomination over another. I also wouldn't say that denomination has no relevance outside of Ethiopia either; it's pretty connected to the Eritrean, Syrian, Coptic (Egyptian), Armenian, Indian, and even to the Greek Orthodox churches.I don't think you've fully understood what the guy is saying. If I was converting to Christianity (which would never happen as Christianity is an absurd nonsensical religion) I would choose the more well known and practiced branch's of Catholicism and Protestantism, not some obscure ancient offshoot that has little relevance outside of Ethiopia.*
*No offense to my Ethiopian friend, whose name I cannot read. I really wish you would tell us how to pronounce not as it's difficult to address you otherwise.
Lol, it's not always about what's well known (although I understand the why it'd seem sensible)...appeal to popularity is an ignorant reason to select a certain faith or denomination over another. I also wouldn't say that denomination has no relevance outside of Ethiopia either; it's pretty connected to the Eritrean, Syrian, Coptic (Egyptian), Armenian, Indian, and even to the Greek Orthodox churches.
"I would choose the more well known and practiced branch's of Catholicism..." So what you're saying is...you'd rather choose to worship the denomination of the White Italian colonizers over fellow Cushites??
I see somebody's studying Philosophical Logic 101. An appeal to popularity makes sense when it comes to choosing a religion because religion and faith do not necessarily follow logic or reason unless you don't follow any religion, in which case it would be logical to be agnostic.
Ethiopian Orthodoxy is not Cushitic. It is the product of Ethio-Semites adopting Christianity in the ancient times to replace the Semitic paganism. Very different from Waaqism. Why should I choose the religion of Semitic colonisers over the religion of "white Italian colonisers"?
More of 'learn as you go' than studying. I agree that the most reasonable state of 'belief' is agnosticism but in terms of religion and faith, it's more complex than popularity. If it was just about popularity, (on a broad scale) everyone who is not Christian should convert to Christianity since it is the largest religion in the world...but yet you see others choosing Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, til today.
Ethiopian Orthodoxy is not Cushitic. It is the product of Ethio-Semites adopting Christianity in the ancient times to replace the Semitic paganism. Very different from Waaqism. Why should I choose the religion of Semitic colonisers over the religion of "white Italian colonisers"?
Why? Because you guys are the oppressors forcing the other ethnic groups off their land?
For real though, I've never met any Oromo, afar or Hararis in the UK. I've only seen them in Somalia and Djibouti. I have actually seen quite a lot of Christian Habesha though in the UK, so your statement can't be true.
I have a question actually. Me and my buddies were jogging in the morning in our local park and saw a whole congregation of Habeshas dressed in white robes (I don't know if they were Ethiopian or Eritrean) and they were holding hands singing to trees. It was the funniest thing I saw, is it a religious ceremony?
