Comment on community for lgbtq+ christians or those learning about christianity
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 weeks agoThey are voring you up
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I remember seeing a clip a while ago of a prominent atheist getting annoyed at a self proclaimed “Christian” who rejected the resurrection. Essentially telling them to just become an Atheist at that point.
rglullis@communick.news 5 weeks ago
And the main reason that I had no objections to join the Orthodox Church (wife is Greek, she wanted a Church wedding and for that to happen I needed to convert to any Christian denomination) was because my priest said : “I am not going to baptize you just so you can marry in the Church, I want you to attend the Catechesis for at least the next six months. I want you to learn Orthodox doctrine, but the main reason I want you here is to understand our traditions and our values as Greeks. I don’t particularly expect you to become a devout Christian, but I do expect you to find harmony with your community, your wife and your extended family”.
He wasn’t trying to convince me to accept and blindly repeat key doctrine points. He wasn’t telling me what to do in a ritual “because that’s what God wants us to do”. He was telling me “these are what these rituals represent, and if you have some faith it will mean something for you”.
I found his take surprisingly effectively. Going to Catechesis was not a chore, but something captivating. I probably wouldn’t have converted if the priest was just trying to brainwash me into repeating Dogma.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
So you converted to Christianity just to have a church wedding?
rglullis@communick.news 5 weeks ago
No. I was also eager to piss off holier-than-thou assholes like you.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
So essentially religious appropriation. Got it.