RWDT XX: The System Is Kapp Putsch

[Northern Davincia]

Tell that to the Mormons.

I'm an ex-Mormon whose parents were both Mormon, so I'm maybe not the best person to be saying that to?

My maternal grandparents were Mormon, and now I am but a humble papist.
This is an improvement in my book.

[South Odreria 2]

fun fact: ideology is not genetic

Tell that to the Mormons.

Am Mormon, got ideology from trade unionist grandpa.

He was neither mormon nor actually the source of my ideology so not sure what I’m trying to say here.

[Cekoviu]

I'm an ex-Mormon whose parents were both Mormon, so I'm maybe not the best person to be saying that to?

Twas a joke.

Ever heard the saying "it's funny because it's true"? Might want to incorporate that into your jokes into the future.

I'm an ex-Mormon whose parents were both Mormon, so I'm maybe not the best person to be saying that to?

My maternal grandparents were Mormon, and now I am but a humble papist.
This is an improvement in my book.

I must begrudgingly admit that Catholicism is slightly better than Mormonism, yes.

[Lucja]

I'm an ex-Mormon whose parents were both Mormon, so I'm maybe not the best person to be saying that to?

My maternal grandparents were Mormon, and now I am but a humble papist.
This is an improvement in my book.

I was born a Catholic and became a pagan.

Which is even better.

[Cekoviu]

My maternal grandparents were Mormon, and now I am but a humble papist.
This is an improvement in my book.

I was born a Catholic and became a pagan.

Which is even better.

Wrong direction, buckaroo.

[Kowani]

I'm an ex-Mormon whose parents were both Mormon, so I'm maybe not the best person to be saying that to?

My maternal grandparents were Mormon, and now I am but a humble papist.
This is an improvement in my book.

In terms of theology, sure.

[South Odreria 2]

fun fact: ideology is not genetic

Tell that to the Mormons.

Also, I wonder what you would think if someone said “tell that to the muslims” or “tell that to the Jews.”

[Northern Davincia]

My maternal grandparents were Mormon, and now I am but a humble papist.
This is an improvement in my book.

I was born a Catholic and became a pagan.

Which is even better.

Speaking of which, the end of social distancing means that people can LARP again. /s

[Washington Resistance Army]

My maternal grandparents were Mormon, and now I am but a humble papist.
This is an improvement in my book.

I was born a Catholic and became a pagan.

Which is even better.

Based and redpilled. I wasn't born into Christianity per se but I was raised around Christians and picked it up before leaving the faith eventually.

[Lucja]

I was born a Catholic and became a pagan.

Which is even better.

Wrong direction, buckaroo.

Who would not want to worship Perun or Devana though?

[Northern Davincia]

Wrong direction, buckaroo.

Who would not want to worship Perun or Devana though?

The only fun pagan religions are Hellenism and Egyptian. The rest are not worth touching.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Who would not want to worship Perun or Devana though?

The only fun pagan religions are Hellenism and Egyptian. The rest are not worth touching.

Idk fam I've been to a blot or two and they're enjoyable events.

[New Visayan Islands]

Who would not want to worship Perun or Devana though?

The only fun pagan religions are Hellenism and Egyptian. The rest are not worth touching.

Not even the paganism of Ancient Rome? Unless you count that as Hellenism...

[South Odreria 2]

I was born a Catholic and became a pagan.

Which is even better.

Based and redpilled. I wasn't born into Christianity per se but I was raised around Christians and picked it up before leaving the faith eventually.

So do you really believe in it or do you just kinda do it

[Washington Resistance Army]

Based and redpilled. I wasn't born into Christianity per se but I was raised around Christians and picked it up before leaving the faith eventually.

So do you really believe in it or do you just kinda do it

Firmly believe. Religious experience is what brought me into polytheism, before that I was an at times obnoxiously militant atheist.

[Fahran]

Tell that to the Mormons.

Also, I wonder what you would think if someone said “tell that to the muslims” or “tell that to the Jews.”

Religion and theology are not ideology. Ideology is secularized theology.

[South Odreria 2]

So do you really believe in it or do you just kinda do it

Firmly believe. Religious experience is what brought me into polytheism, before that I was an at times obnoxiously militant atheist.

Based, actually.

[Northern Davincia]

The only fun pagan religions are Hellenism and Egyptian. The rest are not worth touching.

Not even the paganism of Ancient Rome? Unless you count that as Hellenism...

I suppose Hellenism can be an umbrella term for the faith of Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians, and Trojans.

So do you really believe in it or do you just kinda do it

Firmly believe. Religious experience is what brought me into polytheism, before that I was an at times obnoxiously militant atheist.

What sort of experience could possibly lead someone to polytheism?
It sounds like a Protestant inversion of discovering faith.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Also, I wonder what you would think if someone said “tell that to the muslims” or “tell that to the Jews.”

Religion and theology are not ideology. Ideology is secularized theology.

I'm not sure I entirely agree with that claim. Judaism in particular very much has some components that could be said to be ideological, especially nowadays.

What sort of experience could possibly lead someone to polytheism?
It sounds like a Protestant inversion of discovering faith.

The same sort that could lead people to any faith really. It's not like Christianity has a monopoly on that.

[Genivaria]

Tell that to the Mormons.

Also, I wonder what you would think if someone said “tell that to the muslims” or “tell that to the Jews.”

I'd probably chuckle.

[New Visayan Islands]

Not even the paganism of Ancient Rome? Unless you count that as Hellenism...

I suppose Hellenism can be an umbrella term for the faith of Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians, and Trojans.

Heh heh, Trojans.

The way that Abrahamism is an umbrella term for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

[Lucja]

I was born a Catholic and became a pagan.

Which is even better.

Based and redpilled. I wasn't born into Christianity per se but I was raised around Christians and picked it up before leaving the faith eventually.

It was hard to escape Catholicism where I was raised. I don't have any animosity toward the Church but I struggle to comprehend why some members of my family consider it so interconnected with our identity when Catholicism has been only so much pain and suffering for Poland.

[Kowani]

Based and redpilled. I wasn't born into Christianity per se but I was raised around Christians and picked it up before leaving the faith eventually.

It was hard to escape Catholicism where I was raised. I don't have any animosity toward the Church but I struggle to comprehend why some members of my family consider it so interconnected with our identity when Catholicism has been only so much pain and suffering for Poland.

I assume it’s because Poland and Catholicism are deeply intertwined with one another, and trying to understand Poland without Catholicism is like eating pizza without cheese.
Possible. But stupid.

[Italios]

I dont trust ppl who are like atheist, no wait christian, no atheist, no pagan, no christian

God is not fleeting

been reading Anselm of canterbury recently and enjoying it very much so

[Cekoviu]

It was hard to escape Catholicism where I was raised. I don't have any animosity toward the Church but I struggle to comprehend why some members of my family consider it so interconnected with our identity when Catholicism has been only so much pain and suffering for Poland.

I assume it’s because Poland and Catholicism are deeply intertwined with one another, and trying to understand Poland without Catholicism is like eating pizza without cheese.
Possible. But stupid.

On the other hand, removing the marinara sauce from pizza to make a margherita pizza makes it much better -- one could argue that Catholicism is the tomato sauce of Poland rather than the cheese.