Sivert3 wrote:
For the less informed, dragonkin is people with the spiritual belief that one is connected to, associated with, or is a dragon in the past, present or future. But mostly the belief that one is a dragon. Spiritually. This is different from dragon identities (for the lack of a better word) who communicate as if they were dragons, refuses to deliver any proof of them actually being dragons, and openly discuss dragon related issues such as humans getting stuck in their teeth.
It appears that the dragonkin community is split in two. The side that acknowledges that no one has ever seen a dragon, and no will probably ever will. And the side that speaks of dragons as if they are commonplace. I've been in touch with the former, which describes the latter as "wishy washy crazy heads". Both sides share a crazy affection for dragons.
Which brings me to the question. Is dragonkin crazy? Could it be considered a religion? And if so, wouldn't all religions be equally crazy?
It appears that the dragonkin community is split in two. The side that acknowledges that no one has ever seen a dragon, and no will probably ever will. And the side that speaks of dragons as if they are commonplace. I've been in touch with the former, which describes the latter as "wishy washy crazy heads". Both sides share a crazy affection for dragons.
Which brings me to the question. Is dragonkin crazy? Could it be considered a religion? And if so, wouldn't all religions be equally crazy?
Dragonkin in general? Probably not though there are the more extremist form of them that I met that took the ideology way too far for my personal tastes and acted very much like the side that speaks about dragons as though they were a common place. This side holds an equal if not higher number of members than the former (which I have still yet to meet) and they are also a lot more vocal and noticeable.
Would I call it a religion? No but I would call it a "cult" or a "small religious group" instead since it's member base is not as commonly seen or known in modern society even though it does seem quite large on the online community. Even so it's just not closely connected enough for me to honestly call it a full fledged religion, nor does it hold any form of religious place of "sanctuary"(a temple, church, monastery, ect...) for more religious practices. It lacks order and structure though it is a commonly shared idea and like Christianity and any other religion in the olden days, it does have great potential to grow. Sadly though, for now, no.
Yes and no. Religion is nothing more than a set of structured beliefs that a large group of individuals follow. Even so, since it is completely up to the individual on how to practice and what that set of beliefs mean to them. In the end it's all faith, beliefs and interpretation. So there is no proof of anything and is all up to the individual on how much of that religious or cultistic faith that they should need to partake in to reach the end result that they wish. It doesn't matter if a person is Jewish, christian, Buddhist, Satanist or even Dragonkin, they all believe in what they do for some form of spiritual enlightenment and in turn their beliefs tend to make them stronger and happier. I see no harm in that or any form of mental instability from this.
Sivert3 wrote:
Wait a minute, is there anyone here whos not dragonkin?
I am Jewish though I was once a Dragonkin and was happy about it for some time. Reason why I stopped being a Dragonkin was mostly because of other Dragonkin because I then realized my own foolishness and theirs and as I said before the former group was something I never met... just the latter and my beliefs were against theirs. Not only that but views of dragons differed greatly and the Dragonkin's descriptions all varied which made them all lose credibility as well.
In turn however I did keep some similar beliefs that the Dragonkin held. I do believe that my soul is shaped like a dragon's and thus is a Dragon's. This is because a soul is said to be energy and energy can take whatever shape it wishes, thus meaning that when I die I'd be a dragon and soar. I also believe that angels are also dragons since no human ever saw one and personally I'd rather be with dragons than a bunch of nearly naked or horribly robed men, women and children with giant bird wings (going by Renascence art here) on them when it comes to the afterlife. I do think that the majority of Dragons on earth were killed off though like Dragonrider I also think the Dragons ascended into another plain of existence.
So there is that and in the end it's good enough for me since it's all belief and faith.
