“We were not the victims of ancestor worship. We had the benefits of a fresh start.” BenefitsWorshipVictimAncestorFresh StartAncestor Worship Author:Matthew D. Miller
“Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way for parents to control you even after theyre dead.” WayCultureParentReligiousWorshipEthicsChineseCodeAncestorConfucianismChinese CultureCode Of EthicsAncestor Worship Author:David Henry Hwang
“Is it not possible that the chimpanzees are responding to some feeling like awe? A feeling generated by the mystery of water; water that seems alive, always rushing past yet never going, always the same yet ever different. Was it perhaps similar feelings of awe that gave rise to the first animistic religions, the worship of the elements and the mysteries of nature over which there was no control? Only when our prehistoric ancestors developed language would it have been possible to discuss such internal feelings and create a shared religion.” FirstsHas BeensDifferentFeelingsSeemsPastLanguageWaterAliveMysteryElementsWorshipAweInternalsAncestorRespondingRushingChimpanzeesPrehistoricMystery Of Nature Author:Jane Goodall
“Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.” ChildrenDoeCultureExampleWorshipFavorsCharacteristicsAncestorGrandparentAsianPietyFilialAsian CultureFilial PietyAncestor WorshipFilial Duty Author:Alan Dundes
“We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote against. Some we quote not at all, offering them our scrupulous avoidance, and so make them part of our "white mythology." Other authors we constantly invoke, chanting their names in cerebral rituals of propitiation or ancestor worship.” SometimesNamesWhiteAuthorityWorshipMythologyAppealsRitualAncestorDisplayOfferingQuotationsAvoidanceInvokeCerebralChantingEruditionPropitiationAncestor Worship Author:Ihab Hassan