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Originally Posted by IamAflyingSquid
state shinto is now just Jinja Shinto. No shintoist really believes that the emperor is divine (since he admitted he was not after ww2). Neither do most shinto believe that lack of emperor worship compromises the lable of "shintoist". Shinto just refers to any belief set that has japanese paganism as its foundation.
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I see. OK I can accept that.
I still have a problem with the term Shintoist to describe a person though. It implies adherence to a philosophy or ideology which Shinto doesn't have.
But I can accept Shinto to describe particular beliefs in a subjective manner.