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ical teaching to its people. The fact that Shintoism has no inherent
morality enabled the rapid acceptance of Confucianism in Japan. The

effect of these two false beliefs on the people caused the gradual weak-
ening of the other false belief; Shintoism. People began to prefer
Buddhist temples over Shinto shrines and they also adopted the prac-
tice of incinerating the deceased, aided by Buddhist monks.
This gradual decline of Shintoism was eventually to bring about
the “revival movement of Shintoism and return to ancient traditions”
in modern times. As we will see in great detail in the coming chapters,
this movement was to play a major role in the transformation of Japan
into a colonialist empire and its subsequent destruction in the Second

World War.

ABERRANT SHINTO TRADITIONS: A FALSE
RELIGION WITH MILLIONS OF IMAGINARY DEITIES
Shintoism is founded on the false “Kami” belief. Kami means “up”
and “above” and is used in Shintoism in the meaning of god, goddess,
deity, spirit, and holy power. Another name for Shintoism is “Kami No

Michi” meaning the “Path of Kami”.
Shintoists believe that “kami” are everywhere in the universe.
Accordingly, man, flowers, mountains, oceans, springs, swords, combs
and mirrors can all be an imaginary deity (Allah forbid). This aberrant
Japanese belief contains 8 million odd kami which is why Shintoism is
often termed to be “the superstitious religion of millions of mythical
deities”.
According to the false Shinto belief, Kami can be good as well as

evil or exist in any shape or dimension. They are born, get married, get
sick, weep, envy and die, but despite these qualities, they are consid-
ered superior to ordinary people. A hero who has achieved military

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