What makes Kemetic an open religion compared to the other closed ones?

thetwistedrope:

The main reasons that we consider Kemeticism an open religion are: 

• AE itself was open in terms of its culture and religious practices. Anyone could become Egyptian, provided they participated in the culture “properly.” 
• AE pretty much pushed their religion onto anyone and everyone they could, because they felt it was the best religion. They would suck up aspects of other religions and mix it into theirs… everything was free game. But everyone Should Totally Worship the NTRW apparently. 
• Modern Egyptians don’t seem to care too much if non-Egyptians practice the religion. Generally speaking, based off of what i’ve seen, they get more annoyed by people assuming modern Egyptians have no link to ancient Egyptians, and that Westerners tend to white-wash anything related to AE. I’ve yet to see anyone really get mad about non-Egyptians practicing the religion. 
• Important caveat to remind people that Kemeticism != Afrocentricism, and not to mix the two up or conflate them. They are very different in their approach, and I would argue white folks have little-to-no place in Afrocentricism. 

If AE would have designated its religion as not being open to outsiders, or I suddenly saw a huge push from Egyptians to stop practicing for whatever reason, I would certainly take pause and reconsider whether it was appropriate or not. But since I’ve not seen either, and it was open in antiquity, it’s generally regarded as being open today. 

That’s the short version as to why.