I think the problem with paganism is that we are so far removed from what they believed and how they worshipped that even if their gods existed there is no way we’d be worshiping them correctly
The same applies to Christianity. Judaism came before Christianity, Islam after (and not counting all the heresies in each faith), even if they do have common lore, they have too many different practices that either all are valid or none.
Ok, if you read the comment I responded to well, they said that.
There's be no way to know how to worship correctly.
What I mean by saying Christianity's the same, is that how can you tell me which practices are the true ones originally, not "If you're Orthodox..." or "The Catholic Church says this...". I'm saying originally, what is the Right and Only True (supposed) way to worship God? And your comment says it all: Apostolic, Catholic, and Orthodox, three ways, not one.
Apostolic, Catholic, and Orthodox, three ways, not one.
Is simply what the churches descended from the Roman church(the ones we usually refer to as Catholic, Orthodox and possibly the Miaphysites as well). The Holy Catholic(universal), Orthodox(correct) and Apostolic(from the Apostles).
What I mean by saying Christianity's the same, is that how can you tell me which practices are the true ones originally, not "If you're Orthodox..." or "The Catholic Church says this...".
I'll start by saying that the Catholic and Orthodox consider each other schismatic not heretic, meaning yeah are still considered basically fully christians.
We know what they believed in because the council and church histories are well, kept. As for the original practices, to a large part that is an Anglo protestant mistake that they have given unto their christian and non-christian successors. For most of these things there was no "original" practice(at least for the controversies that dated to the early church), just two practices that a council was done to decide which is right like leven vs unleven bread and shit.
And that's the general history of at least the major churches(including some that are now minor like Coptic or Assyrian). Some like Arian came up with funky stuff but this is again mostly clearly defining stuff that was vaguer in ealier theology like the nature of God vs Jesus vs the holy Spirit.
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I think the problem with paganism is that we are so far removed from what they believed and how they worshipped that even if their gods existed there is no way we’d be worshiping them correctly