https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/lgbtq_plus_christianity
this is probably gonna be controversial, but i mean this for people who actually follow christ’s teachings and not to be a cesspool of homophobia and transphobia.
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/lgbtq_plus_christianity
this is probably gonna be controversial, but i mean this for people who actually follow christ’s teachings and not to be a cesspool of homophobia and transphobia.
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 effective. Going to Catechesis was not a chore, but something captivating. I probably wouldn’t have converted and just done the civil cerimony if the priest was just trying to brainwash me into repeating Dogma.
So you converted to Christianity just to have a church wedding?
No. I was also eager to piss off holier-than-thou assholes like you.
So essentially religious appropriation. Got it.
Seriously, read what I wrote again. I explicitly said that I wouldn’t have converted if it was only for the wedding.
And it’s ridiculous to even mention something like “appropriation”. I am disparaging you and your borderline-fundamentalist views on Christianity, not Christianity itself.
You said the priest required you didn’t, not that you followed through. You also said you converted just to piss people off.
I said I wouldn’t have converted if the priest was just concerned about getting me to mindlessly accept Church Doctrine. and I said that the reason I found myself willing to convert was because of his focus on keeping the community together and its values intact.
That was me being flippant at your stupid retort.