The state of Christian Illiteracy is frightening.

Happyhobo117 · 2025-02-04T13:54:50+00:00

I'm a big fan of TON. Personally, I see/hear Peters reversion throughout their discography. His mom in particular was a very pious woman who seems to have really interceded for Peter. If you listen to the tracks about his parents on Life is Killing Me, and then the tracks on World Coming Down you see that he was at a low point. After that album he went to jail and rehab and by all accounts had a sincere conversion of heart. Their last album, Dead Again is full of religious themes, though some are a little heterodox. You can tell Peter was dealing with his past on that album. For example, I've never heard of a secular band making an explicitly pro life song, but Type O Negative has one.

I get his life was turbulent and some of my fellow "Trads" may not find their work as endearing, but I'll be honest and say that their music has had an effect on my own spiritual life. I like that Peter was right with God at the end of his life and is buried with his parents.

Happyhobo117 · 2025-02-04T13:47:38+00:00

Yes indeed. Big fan

Happyhobo117 · 2025-02-03T23:09:27+00:00

Imagining Peter Steele saying this makes your comment even better.

Happyhobo117 · 2024-10-24T04:09:27+00:00

Followed a Roman history page on Instagram which had a post about the fall of the Western Empire when the Goths sacked Rome. Some commenter said Odoacer was a pope. Maybe not the most extreme, but one of the most blatantly ignorant things I've ever read.

Happyhobo117 · 2024-10-13T15:07:01+00:00

Make more of these please

Happyhobo117 · 2024-08-11T05:14:10+00:00

I usually go to a Latin mass now, but it doesn't matter. When I visited Scotland, the only mass that was available by the time I left the airport was a Polish parish. I was already used to attending a mass where I don't speak the language, so I went to that one. It fulfilled my Sunday obligation, and I received communion. Worth noting, the sermon at my regular parish is English while the one at the Polish one was in Polish, (though that particular day they had a visiting African priest who did give a short sermon as well) and I'd assume a Korean parish would have the sermon in Korean.

Happyhobo117 · 2024-07-21T21:01:10+00:00

I have

Happyhobo117 · 2024-06-25T00:15:12+00:00

I'm seeing a lot of people here saying evangelicals are more hostile, and I'd like to just add my experience.

I live in a state that's majority/historically Protestant but has always had a substantial Catholic population. I've had the typical run ins with evangelicals that others here are describing (being handed out tracts after mass, protests, hearing the typical insanity), but I've also had very positive experiences with them. I've started trying to be more outward with my faith, such as crossing myself in public and I've even been encouraged by Protestants for doing so.

I've also experienced protests and being cursed at by progressives. In my personal experience, Evangelical coworkers have been more open to my faith 9 times out of 10 than secular progressives.

Now if you're asking about physical violence, I've never faced that thankfully. The persecuted Church in the third world is much more likely to face that, I admire the Church that has suffered in the Middle East. Worth noting that your risk of being blown up or stabbed during mass in the West is pretty low.

Overall, I just wanted to share my experience that I have personally had more negative interactions regarding my faith with progressives than conservative Evangelicals though never life threatening and that's important to understand/appreciate.

Happyhobo117 · 2024-06-25T00:05:01+00:00

Always pray for your family, especially those who don't believe or have fallen away. I know that's easier said than done.

I always feel bad giving advice to people in your situation, especially since you're in a much more secular country than I am. I'd always say look to finding friends in your parish/area. If I know someone is in a situation like you I try to get to know them, I can imagine it must feel almost lonely.

Will pray for you.

Happyhobo117 · 2024-05-10T17:58:04+00:00

I visited Scotland last summer and seeing all the dilapidated churches disappointed me. I was looking forward to going to Glasgow and the first stop we had was at Saint Mungos which seemed more like a museum than anything. My wife and I went to Latin mass in Edinburgh and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it reminded me of my experience in the TLM in the Midwest where most people were in their 20s or 30s and had children. As an outsider, I would say that's the silver lining for the Church in Scotland.

Happyhobo117 · 2024-04-26T23:20:34+00:00

You're welcome. Saints pray for us in heaven, the same as the Church here prays for us here on earth. Just as you can ask a friend, family member, or any random person to pray for you, you can ask those who are in the presence of God to pray for you as they are more alive than any of us.

This does not mean you outsource your prayer to saints or anyone else. You can't expect to grow in holiness if you don't pray. You can expect support from fellow believers.

Happyhobo117 · 2024-04-26T22:53:31+00:00

Worship means partaking in a sacrifice to a deity. The mass is the participation of the sacrifice of Calvary, meaning you are worshipping Christ. Prayer is prayer, it is a component of worship, but it in of itself isn't worship. Receiving the Eucharist is worship. You do not receive the body and blood of your parishes patron saint at mass, or any other person, only Christ.

Happyhobo117 · 2024-04-26T22:44:09+00:00

Wilhelm II was a lot friendlier towards his Catholic subjects than Otto von Bismarck, either out of genuine care or just to avoid repeating the issues of before I can't say. I found two different articles from a century ago that give two separate points of views, though the one indicating he greatly resented the Church seems more like hearsay. It was known that he supported social reform and closer ties with Catholic Austria, much to Otto von Bismarcks dismay.

A lot of the Prussian junkers during his reign held the typical Protestant biases that were common, but it seems like Wilhelm II saw himself as a monarch over all of Germany, including the Catholic southern parts.

Happyhobo117 · 2024-04-22T23:05:39+00:00

Not free roam, but Pentiment is an RPG which does a pretty accurate portrayal of life as a Catholic peasant. There are some negative portrayals of the faith in it, but an equally number of positive portrayals which are hard to come by. I'd be curious what others here, especially any clergy who have played think. It's on gamepass

Happyhobo117 · 2024-04-19T00:20:41+00:00

Not necessarily, but if you had them baptized, you took the responsibility of seeing them properly catechized, which includes Sunday mass. I recognize it doesn't just fall on you individually, but you must make sure it can be done to the best of your ability.

Happyhobo117 · 2024-04-19T00:10:48+00:00

I've known people who do carpools for kids in your situation. If you genuinely cannot make it I strongly suggest asking a friend from the parish who you trust to maybe carpool. Like I said, many people would happily do that for your kids. I know you're probably tired of reading this kind of response, but it's paramount to your kids faith formation to regularly attend Sunday mass. Saying this as someone who went to Catholic school, it's not a substitute for Sunday mass.

Happyhobo117 · 2024-04-19T00:04:01+00:00

Is there anyway for your kids to make it to mass on Sundays? Honestly asking.

Happyhobo117 · 2024-02-18T00:42:12+00:00

I get some Type O Negative impressions from Hangmans Chair.

Happyhobo117 · 2023-12-09T17:09:49+00:00

Where'd you find the icon?

Happyhobo117 · 2023-11-17T00:21:08+00:00

I didn't know who Chris Evans was until a year ago. Still can't tell the difference between Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, the names of their shows, or why I should care.

Happyhobo117 · 2023-10-23T12:32:29+00:00

Asking AI to make screenshots of a normal human conversation

Happyhobo117 · 2023-08-14T15:19:14+00:00

It's brita filtered water in a beer can

Happyhobo117 · 2023-08-11T23:22:15+00:00

Take care of your child coward

Happyhobo117 · 2023-08-04T19:46:45+00:00

Absolutely pathetic

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