Tiki and christians - General Tiki

H Hanalei_Pirate Member Joined: May 15, 2003 Posts: 136	H Hanalei_Pirate Posted posted on Sun, May 1, 2005 6:03 PM On 2004-10-01 10:20, ikitnrev wrote: My guess is that few of us have tikis in their home because of the religous significance of the carvings. I would argue that most of us are into tiki because of the pop culture/ retro urban archaeology aspect of it. Vern I think Vern is right... just an aside here, my brother and his wife are heavy duty Christians that go to Church A LOT. They are very religious (I don't know the denomination however) He has always supported my love of the tiki and encouraged it enthusiastically by supplying me with tiki mugs, etc. But back to what Vern was saying - I think the best approach to people who are weirded out on the tiki craze based on religious grounds, would be to state the obvious: it was a cultural phenomenon that started back in the 30s/50s - the Americans who popularized it weren't even looking at it from a religious basis. It was cultural escapism. It just represented something far away and mystical to Americans weary of ... (insert here whatever you think it was). The current tiki revival is nothing more than nostalgia (like people into Antique cars) for times gone by. These religious people who are objecting to tikis must think the tikis have some sort of super-natural or evil powers, no? Otherwise, why would they be afraid for you or I to have one? I hope I am not being too controversial by suggesting that, but I am trying to come up with a rational explanation for why some really devout Christians might be afraid of tikis or shun those who have them. (No offense was intended in the creation of this message)

On 2004-10-01 10:20, ikitnrev wrote:
My guess is that few of us have tikis in their home because of the religous significance of the carvings. I would argue that most of us are into tiki because of the pop culture/ retro urban archaeology aspect of it.
Vern

I think Vern is right... just an aside here, my brother and his wife are heavy duty Christians that go to Church A LOT. They are very religious (I don't know the denomination however) He has always supported my love of the tiki and encouraged it enthusiastically by supplying me with tiki mugs, etc. But back to what Vern was saying - I think the best approach to people who are weirded out on the tiki craze based on religious grounds, would be to state the obvious: it was a cultural phenomenon that started back in the 30s/50s - the Americans who popularized it weren't even looking at it from a religious basis. It was cultural escapism. It just represented something far away and mystical to Americans weary of ... (insert here whatever you think it was). The current tiki revival is nothing more than nostalgia (like people into Antique cars) for times gone by. These religious people who are objecting to tikis must think the tikis have some sort of super-natural or evil powers, no? Otherwise, why would they be afraid for you or I to have one? I hope I am not being too controversial by suggesting that, but I am trying to come up with a rational explanation for why some really devout Christians might be afraid of tikis or shun those who have them. (No offense was intended in the creation of this message)

Post #156114 by Hanalei_Pirate on Sun, May 1, 2005 6:03 PM