Posts from Good and evil.

Essentially, yes, of course. The foundation of paganism is the belief in God. But without any "scriptures." At best, there are traditions, which are modified from generation to generation.
And then – paganism is naturally organic to humans. Many, and very many, "Christians" completely misunderstand the essence of Christian dogmas and are, in essence, pagans, coming to church to "appease their souls" or "ask God" for something, i.e., almost always it is one of the "gods" that is closest to their perception (or the Virgin Mary). Few people turn to the One God directly to solve their problems. Everyone in Christianity has their own "god" (some saint, a righteous person, or the Virgin Mary). So the pagan essence "works" even in Christianity because humanity has not come up with anything better than this essence.

But what do you think about the idea that "the world lies in evil"? That is, the most virtuous thing would be to destroy the entire world in order to snatch it from the clutches of evil? This is roughly how the Manichaeans, Albigensians, and Cathars reasoned...
Our entire world is a world of consumption that does not care about the future. And if it is necessary to destroy 5,900,000,000 people so that the remaining people can survive, is this good or evil?
To blow up the world to save it...

People, this is no longer even funny; stop distorting and rewriting what is written in the Bible! I can also take a quote from the Quran, pull it out of context, and say, "This quote proves that Muslims are suicidal." Where have you seen God calling for murder? Isn't it in the Bible that you should turn the other cheek if you are struck on one? Isn't it in the Bible that you should love one another, for God is love? Isn't it in the Bible that you should not kill, not steal, honor your father and mother? Next time, think about what you are writing; I apologize for the rudeness.

He clearly doesn't fit within the framework of conventional morality.

Let's move on to discussions, if you don't mind.

Our entire world is a world of consumption that doesn't care about the future. And if it becomes necessary to destroy 5,900,000,000 people so that the remaining people can survive, is that good or evil?
To blow up the world to save it...

People pray to saints so that they, in turn, will pray to God for their requests. Do you think you are worthy to speak with God? Almost no Christians believe so. Well, at least study Orthodoxy:) (Okay, let's skip the Bible for now:), and then draw conclusions, because you know nothing about Orthodoxy, admit it:smile08: Only articles and TV shows:smile26:

Ah, Nowizard, if you only knew....but never mind. I must admit, I know a lot about Orthodoxy, unfortunately. It would have been better not to know, maybe I would have been more tolerant of all this. In general, of course, people pray to "intermediaries" in Orthodoxy, but the point is that pagan gods are also a kind of "intermediaries," and not God himself. So, the continuity is evident.
Anyway, I won't play with your nerves anymore:)

Oh, Nowizard, if you only knew....but never mind. I must admit, I know a lot about Orthodoxy, unfortunately. It would have been better not to know; maybe I would have been more tolerant of it. In general, of course, people in Orthodoxy pray to "intermediaries," but the point is that pagan gods are also a kind of "intermediaries," and not God himself. So, there is a clear continuity.
Anyway, I won't play with your nerves anymore. :)

Ultimately, the one who believes they are right is right. There's no other way, because when a person does or says something, they believe they are right, and therefore they are right (by free will). They become wrong only when they realize their own wrongness. That's a simple philosophy. Everyone else may think that the person is wrong, but as long as they themselves believe they are right, they are right for themselves.

Doesn't it occur to you that the foundation of any paganism is the belief in God? A single God? Think about it: there are THOUSANDS of pagan religions, and they are all similar, if not identical, but God is one.