Abstract
This paper tries to examine the qualitative reality about current of belief “Penghayat Kepercayaan” dynamics in the Democratic Era. Penghayat Kepercayaan is a name for non-religious society or some people called as Agama Asli Nusantara. Becoming Penghayat will face some special challenges since the society generally has negative stereotype towards them. The research method used was qualitative by using emic approach. The subject of this research was Penghayat Kepercayaan (the believers) who was covered by Majelis Luhur Kepercayaan Terhadap Tuhan YME Indonesia (MLKI). The informants were determined by using purposive sampling technique. The research finding was the democratic country generally considered the diversity and all citizens have the similar rights and obligations, however, until now, Penghayat Kepercayaan is struggling to get the acceptance especially for their identities. The new problem about the existence of Penghayat Kepercayaan in the social interaction will evoke their feelings of useless in actualizing their life and their occupations. The perspective towards the democracy of Pancasila by some Penghayat Kepercayaan did not represent enough their existence as the diversity in Indonesia, while for others, this current democracy had already fulfilled their needs.
Highlights
Talking about believing in God Almighty is quite interesting to be discussed according to Andri Hernandi the general chief of Aliran Kebatinan Perjalanan that there are a lot of viewpoints in the society that Penghayat Kepercayaan is outsider community; because they consider that they have some activities which are unusual in the society based on the certain value [1]
It is stated that the action of emptying the religion information on Family Identity Card and Identity Card is intended for Penghayat Kepercayaan who believes in God Almighty, but they will still get the service in the process of administering the identity and they will still be registered in the demographic database
Majelis Luhur Kepercayaan Terhadap Tuhan YME Indonesia (MLKI) or Majelis Luhur Kepercayaan Terhadap Tuhan Yang Maha Esa Indonesia itself is an only institution for Penghayat Kepercayaan who believes in God Almighty and community of Kepercayaan Adat in Indonesia
Summary
The basic of a belief in God Almighty existence is every condition and situation which is witnessed and known spiritually [2] Most people in this country, including Penghayat Kepercayaan who believes in God Almighty, were familiar with sajen/sasajen, traditional ceremonies and rituals. It is stated that the action of emptying the religion information on Family Identity Card and Identity Card is intended for Penghayat Kepercayaan who believes in God Almighty, but they will still get the service in the process of administering the identity and they will still be registered in the demographic database Without hesitating, this process of registering often causes a problem related to the existence of Penghayat Kepercayaan in the society and it engenders the feelings of useless of Penghayat to actualize their life and their occupation. If this keeps going on, there will be high social inequity which gives great implication towards the life of the people and of the nation
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