Giopomerol
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- It's not how many ....but how much you've gained. Future? Life itself is a Camino.
I have a small bee in my bonnet about a particular rule in this forum and I thought the best way to get it out of the bonnet was to post it here! Whether one likes it or not, the roots and existence of the pilgrimage to Santiago is in fact a Religious one. The route and it's extraordinary history speaks for itself. Many pilgrims walk the sacred (yes it is sacred) route for religious reasons and if they are like me, appreciative of the history and marvels of this sacred route, prey tell why are we not allowed to talk about religion and share some of our religious experiences? I find it slightly hypocritical that this forum exists and feeds off the backbone of a religious Route yet does not allow us to talk about our religious experiences along the way! This forum is too heavily skewed in favour of those who do the Camino for adventure/spiritual reasons and denies those of us who do the Camino for religious reasons, (which is why the Camino existed in the first place ) a platform to share our thoughts! Why this hypocracy? It feels as though my kind of pilgrimage is not good enough or hip/cool enough to share? Just because a person my not be a believer why does that give them a right to censor those that are? This is why I think this rule is hypocritical and to a point, the rule is rather arrogant given the type of pilgrimage that it is!