My response to Das in another thread has got me thinking more and more about the fact that despite being raised Catholic, the idea of the Greek gods has spoken to me more than anything else.



And I'm not trying to be ironic or meme or anything. I have been very unsatisfied with Christian theology for a long time in my life, other religions seem completely alien to me, and atheism personally is just too....depressing. But as I looked more and more into Greek culture and more specifically their religion, it sparked an interest no other religion has, and got me looking into trying to understand it.

Isn't that what all religion is?

Hellenism is religious fanfiction.

I believe in Ragnarok

Sorry Napalm, but years of living under Christianity hasn't done much to make me happy. I could never feel any sort of connection to the religion.

Quote from: Mmmmm Napalm on February 05, 2018, 01:02:23 AM

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I'm just baffled by the meme religion you chose.

1. I didn’t change on a whim.
2. Everything you said about living the best possible life is exactly what Hellenism teaches in conjunction with maintaining a good relation with the Gods.

It doesn’t teach about sin & redemption or the promise of something hereafter, it’s more about being happy now while also being a good person.

You basically are atheist at this point if you're able to just jump from one religion to another, especially one as random, absurd, and unrelated to your culture as Hellenism. Not that the big three current religions aren't completely absurd.

There's nothing depressing about it. If anything, it would be extremely depressing to me if I died and found out that yes indeed there is some asshole just above the clouds making everyone's existence is a misery. It would be just that more fucked up if all this was according to a plan and at not at the least random misery. And that we're a creation of such a despicable being. Apart from that I think it's very uplifting to know life isn't about death and what's going to happen afterwards. Enjoy your life and the things you want to do, don't follow a stupid book and old bitter men telling you how you should and should not be. Especially since most of them "sin" every day and are a bunch of pedophiles.

Why do I get the feeling you would be saying that no matter what I chose?

Quote from: Mmmmm Napalm on February 05, 2018, 05:46:46 AM

I'm just baffled by the meme religion you chose.

Lol I don't think I have ever discussed religion with you, and as for the site as a whole I haven't talked about it in years.

If you chose something other than Christianity I would, of course, disagree but nonetheless I would respect your decision had you chosen anything but a fucking meme religion

What makes it a meme religion and not others?

Quote from: Mmmmm Napalm on February 05, 2018, 08:38:28 AM

If you chose something other than Christianity I would, of course, disagree but nonetheless I would respect your decision had you chosen anything but a fucking meme religion

I dunno, the fact that it hasn't been largely practiced in millennia and the theological and philosophical depth of it essentially amounts to a piece of tissue paper.

Okay, you seem to be capable of using religion as a structure for values, but does it actually have any sway over what you believe about death and the nature of consciousness?

this can't be real

no mames wey😂😂😂

and this kids, is why you dont watch fate