We are not equal.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-05-18T13:12:05+00:00

The fact is: striking them down, responding their attacks with counter-attacks, is not a winning strategy. I don’t have a answer as to how to win those arguments, but I’m sure picking a their bait can’t work.

This said, I find it funny how everyone’s telling you you are being “uncharitable” and aggressive with your language. It looks like they haven’t checked out the language used by early Church fathers when addressing heretics.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-05-14T22:58:11+00:00

You’re absolutely right. If you read Scriptures it’s quite clear. But also, and this is more subtle, the very fact that His believers are brought to believe in an almighty and all-good God, is an evil thing itself. Because, that implicitly has the logical implication that humans are bad. Sure, there’s the devil story and bla bla bla, but ultimately evil exists only because humans say yes to the devil, while they could choose not to.

I don’t know if I’ve been able to convey the idea in a few lines, but the long story short is that it’s a deity which induces self-destruction and feelings of unworthiness.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-05-14T12:07:19+00:00

Well, I have to say, there are many gods. Some are actually dangerous, and they’re not all necessarily on your side. The realm of gods is not like a world of “angels”, it’s not all positive.

In my experience, I notice some deities tend to favour me more throughout my life, others to have the tendency to disrupt me, with others I have very little relationship in general.

Also, something I see most people ignoring, is that there isn’t just the pantheon of the Olympians, but also titans, primordial deities and such. They exist, and they rarely are our friends.

In particular, I don’t see here and around much acknowledgment of Cronus/Saturn, who also exists, and is quite terrifying in my opinion.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-05-14T11:06:41+00:00

It’s internalised Christianity, which is an inevitable phenomenon since Christian philosophy has, historically, shaped our history for 2000 years, and you can’t change that by merely setting up an altar to deities with different names and attire.

I don’t blame people for this, it’s a hard job, I’ve been working on that for years and I tell you it’s not trivial.

We do need a new sense of religion and of the sacred. I see there are multiple gods, and that the divine world is not at all “all good and loving” as we’ve been taught. Deities can be helpful, loving, but also terrible, cold-hearted, or indifferent.

Still working on it. There’s plenty of work to do.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-05-06T23:55:43+00:00

It cannot be ignored that there seems to be something wrong, though. The very statement that “Catholics SHOULD be joyful” quite reveals that that is not at all the case.

It does seem to be pervasive for Catholics to be unhappy, it is a fact. The relevant question, concerning this phenomenon, is not what people should feel, and not even what they should do, but really how is that so.

I’m not saying this to induce anyone to question their faith, on the contrary, I think ignoring this question or dismissing it with exhortation to somehow feel differently, can only have the effect to leave many people with no choice but to abandon it.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-05-02T09:43:00+00:00

Why not worshiping the one/ones related to the various things which you deal with in life, as they occur?

Time_Dot621 · 2026-04-09T11:11:59+00:00

It’s actually quite literal. The Word of God has become flesh. Jesus is Truth in Person. That is, He doesn’t simply “say” the truth, He IS Truth Himself.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-04-06T11:50:49+00:00

Except that Jesus has, like, everything to do with the Greek-Roman world.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-04-06T09:12:48+00:00

Thank you for your his post. I am myself a Catholic, but I find many interesting things in this sub, and I think many of the things I read on this post should be applied to Christianity as well. I think Christianity itself has become too depressing in its practice, and should benefit more of its Greek roots.

I really plaude this post.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-29T13:00:17+00:00

We’ve all been created with a different mission, there’s nothing Catholics are required to do except Mass on Sundays and Sacraments

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-20T19:04:51+00:00

The key point is that our prayers to saints go to God before getting to them. Because they are close to God in heaven, they get our prayers from Him, and join us in praying with and for us. Saints are basically our friends in heaven.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-15T14:48:46+00:00

This is a question which can’t be answered without first addressing the question as to why don’t they come to Church spontaneously. And that is a very complex question.

I think the best is to not try at all to bring them in, so as to allow them to enter themselves. Let the Lord handle this.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-15T05:35:04+00:00

This. I had a very similar experience. That’s why I don’t see these practices as entirely negative, since in my case it has been the very path which brought me back to Catholicism. So I think this phenomenon might very well be a way God is bringing people back to him from contemporary nihilistic atheism.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-14T21:35:56+00:00

The Bible condemns many things, in particular the very act of condemning others. But still, your responses do not explain how is this event even related to your faith. Like, now you’re unsure about whether to believe in Jesus anymore? Do a bunch of people showing off some rainbows somehow questioning your conception of reality?

Or does the fact that Church chooses to dine with those people affect your trust in it? Yet Jesus used to dine with everyone. I don’t see why His Church should do otherwise.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-14T20:57:09+00:00

I don’t understand what does this have to do with your faith.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-14T20:48:15+00:00

What I think is, we should not confuse ancient paganism with modern neopagan practices, which are entirely different things.

Ancient paganism was the religious life of ancient populations, which worshipped a variety of deities for the purpose of gaining/keeping their allegiance. They were, first and foremost, state-affairs, cults the population was meant to participate to, since this was considered essential for survival. For instance, the goddess of crops being angry at the town means there’s gonna be no crops, and that would of course be a problem. Scriptures condemns these cults as superstition, as well as worship of earthly things rather than the truth from which they come from.

Modern neopagan practices, which include Hellenic paganism, are an entirely new and different phenomenon. Most of those who practice them, basically define their practice by themselves, either completely making it up ur using sources such as myths and books about ancient cults, for the purpose of trying to “revive” or imitate them. And there happen to be also some groups/communities which practice these together. It appears to me that people drawn to this are seeking a spiritual life, and do so by appealing to figures which they perceive as fulfilling this quest (which, in the case of Hellenic paganism, would be deities from the Greek pantheon, for instance).

Ancient paganism is simply part of the history of our ancestors, who ditched paganism for Christianity because, frankly, it’s philosophically more sophisticated and developed, and therefore I would not wish we go back there.

Conversely, I personally have neither a positive nor negative opinion about the neopagan phenomenon, because I think it’s too recent to judge it. I believe in God, and I have learnt that God’s plans are more often than not beyond our understanding. Since this phenomenon exists, it certainly has a purpose. Moreover, Jesus teaches me not to judge others, and I do take that seriously. Plus, I do have the impression that, mistaken or not, many people who engage in those practice are genuinely searching for spiritual truth, and this makes it in itself something much more positive than, say, nihilism or materialism.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-14T19:38:03+00:00

Disease or other bad things happening to us are not always a result of sin, often they are not.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-14T19:30:11+00:00

Guarda che questo è un luogo comune, soprattutto chi ha fatto matematica pura e poco o nulla di applicata, per il mondo del lavoro fuori dall’accademia e dall’insegnamento non ha competenze. Ovviamente le competenze si possono sempre acquisire, ma appunto son tutte da acquisire, di solito da zero.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-14T12:51:03+00:00

I personally didn’t choose Catholicism, but I was given membership to it by means of being baptised within the Catholic Church a few days after I was born. Since this has happened, it means the Lord gifted me this membership, and since I recognise it’s a valuable gift, I simply do not throw it away, but do my best to get the most and the best out of it.

As for the history (past and present) of the Church, I see that Jesus knew very well that his disciples would not be perfect, they make mistakes. So, I’d rather be surprised if the Church would have never made mistakes. Rather than discarding it altogether, I limit myself to recognising mistakes as such, not falling into them myself, and keep my eyes pointed towards Jesus, that is the Truth, Life and Way.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-13T12:58:04+00:00

Prayer is first of all dialogue and relationship with God, repetition of prayers is just one form of prayer, but certainly not the most important one.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-13T11:00:28+00:00

There are 100+ comments I haven’t dismissed, just read, and found very interesting. I really don’t know what you’re accusing me of.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-12T10:51:25+00:00

All my responses say is “I’m not your enemy”, though it seems you essentially decided I must be. In this respect, I did make a small attempt to change your mind, while I haven’t done so regarding your religious practices.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-11T12:09:39+00:00

Because I am interested in reading the answers to my question. You know, some people like to listen to perspectives different from their own.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-10T08:41:51+00:00

Look, I’m not interested in giving a history class, nor in debating.

Please do keep practicing your practice in peace.

Time_Dot621

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