Slow Fast lets take it apart

In our discussion of slow (traditional) and fast (new) religions several issues became clear. Are they incompatible, divided? Do they have different dynamics to seeking? When does a new religion become an old or traditional religion?

Emily's reflection was stimulating. Indeed, fast and slow religions are not necessarily divided or incompatible. Indeed, there appears to be dynamics of fast religion in the slow and vice versa. The at-your-home accessibility of the fast religion does not negate the necessity of teaching, tradition and time of the old. Watching a youtube clip of a yoga teaching online can and often does retain the symbols and methodologies of the slow even though it is able to be consumed quickly..

There  may be an overlap between the fast and slow but there is also stark difference. Take for example the notion of seeking. Is it different depending on the type of religion? Our debate alluded to there being a divide here. Conversion to slow religions takes time, there are often processes that are marked by ceremonies that make the seeking process considered. This notion when paralleled with fast religion, displays fast religion as able to be sought across rather than into. Seeking for fast religions may not be as considered as the slow. Perhaps seeking within a religion should  be spoken about as deepening understanding where, seeking for inter and intra-religious seeking.

Religion is simply not that easily divided. As Billy noted, even the slow religions of today were once fast, new and challenging. These categories perhaps do not do justice to the diversity within religion.