That person was very uninformed. Spirit Animals are common to Indigenous groups and also in shamanism. People should not go off on a tirade when they are ill informed and also when they don't understand tongue in cheek comments.

Typical of the oversensitivity and overreactions often seen on FB. Eh...

Wow, that friend is weird.

First of all friend 1 was referring to a celebrity (human) as a spirit animal (usually thought of as non-human animal) and what does spirit animal have to do with religion anyways? Unless they happen to be Native American. Sounds like friend 2 has too much time on their hands.

Out of curiosity, who was the celebrity?

A wee bit of serendipity, my cousin from Michigan sent me this right after I read your post (i live in Australia) ?

Many primal belief systems incorporate the idea of spirit animals including those of the American and Australian indigenous peoples. In a sense each person is ascribed an animal which acts not only as an ally in the animal world but also is a determinator of character - not much different from the Chinese calender (i.e year of the dragon, rooster, rat, etc) or even the zodiac signs. Hard to believe someone would take offense, i think even an indigenous person would laugh off the idea of a human as a spirit animal.

I read this and now all I want to say is "Expecto Patronum!"

Most native American and pagan religious practices use spirit animals

Good grief.. we can't even be witty when we express who we can relate to any more, can we?

This Would Be My Reply!

Which religion was she mocking? I might want to join.

It seems people are looking to be offended. Not everything someone posts needs a response

But this was on Facebook, right? So immediately your expectations ought to be lower.

That's my thought exactly. You would be crazy to respect every crackpot belief that people have.

Interesting. If one mocks a person's religious conviction, does one mock the conviction holder as well? And BTW, how is it possible to have a person as a spirit animal?