*Someone questions the faith of Christians and probably insults it, since he plays with the concepts of Holy and Holy and confuses the essence with the lady “grammar”. What would someone have to tell us and confess to us?.
Paganism in the villages was preserved several years after its disappearance in the cities. In Greece the last vestiges of paganism were eradicated in the time of the Byzantine emperor Basil I’ of Macedonia (867 – 886). In the West, mainly in the islands of Italy paganism was preserved until the 7th century, while in England and Russia until the 10th century.
Paganism is essentially idolatry. So the ancient Greek religion, as well as the religions of other pre-Christian peoples were clearly pagan. The concept of the divine in them, compared to the modern monotheistic conception, it has all the characteristics of idolatry. The worship of inanimate objects and imaginary divine entities is pure idolatry. And what do these have to do with God??
Of course some will argue that God being Almighty is responsible for all the evils of this world, since He could - by His Omnipotence- to prevent them.
First of all, God does not think as we do and that is why he does not intervene when we want him to and as we think is right and just.
Secondly, God is not short-sighted like us. God does not just want us to be well here on earth but to be saved eternally, that is why God allows some things to happen that in our little minds we consider curses. It is another thing to say that God sends evil. and another that God allows some trial that will come into our lives to wake us up from the spiritual lethargy we have fallen into.
Nothing in itself is bad, as long as we position ourselves correctly in what is happening. A disease from a curse can become a blessing, when the occasion arises to put in place the principle of repentance and good works, gaining compassion for suffering people. A breakup can become the occasion not to be hurt but to be humiliated, to accept that we have failed and become wiser, to stop trying to beat the other person in an argument and try to get along with the other person (if possible) with an attitude of forgiveness and understanding. A death, a familiar person, from a fact that can trap us in depression, it can lead us to the realization of our fragile life, in the cultivation of prayer, in memory of death, that will make us seriously look - and appreciate- our life.
If we approach our life with a secular mindset, looking for logical answers, looking for culprits, justifying ourselves, then trials will always be viewed as curses. But if we understand that the purpose of this life is to find Christ and not earthly happiness, if we understand that the question is our salvation and not the bullet us then we will see our cross as a way to her resurrection us and God not as awesome in His Omnipotence but as awesome in His Love, as the Father who endures our mistakes and awaits our return.
*Someone questions the faith of Christians and probably insults it, since he plays with the concepts of Holy and Holy and confuses the essence with the lady “grammar”. What would someone have to tell us and confess to us?.
Paganism in the villages was preserved several years after its disappearance in the cities. In Greece the last vestiges of paganism were eradicated in the time of the Byzantine emperor Basil I’ of Macedonia (867 – 886). In the West, mainly in the islands of Italy paganism was preserved until the 7th century, while in England and Russia until the 10th century.
Paganism is essentially idolatry. So the ancient Greek religion, as well as the religions of other pre-Christian peoples were clearly pagan. The concept of the divine in them, compared to the modern monotheistic conception, it has all the characteristics of idolatry. The worship of inanimate objects and imaginary divine entities is pure idolatry. And what do these have to do with God??
Of course some will argue that God being Almighty is responsible for all the evils of this world, since He could - by His Omnipotence- to prevent them.
First of all, God does not think as we do and that is why he does not intervene when we want him to and as we think is right and just.
Secondly, God is not short-sighted like us. God does not just want us to be well here on earth but to be saved eternally, that is why God allows some things to happen that in our little minds we consider curses. It is another thing to say that God sends evil. and another that God allows some trial that will come into our lives to wake us up from the spiritual lethargy we have fallen into.
Nothing in itself is bad, as long as we position ourselves correctly in what is happening. A disease from a curse can become a blessing, when the occasion arises to put in place the principle of repentance and good works, gaining compassion for suffering people. A breakup can become the occasion not to be hurt but to be humiliated, to accept that we have failed and become wiser, to stop trying to beat the other person in an argument and try to get along with the other person (if possible) with an attitude of forgiveness and understanding. A death, a familiar person, from a fact that can trap us in depression, it can lead us to the realization of our fragile life, in the cultivation of prayer, in memory of death, that will make us seriously look - and appreciate- our life.
If we approach our life with a secular mindset, looking for logical answers, looking for culprits, justifying ourselves, then trials will always be viewed as curses. But if we understand that the purpose of this life is to find Christ and not earthly happiness, if we understand that the question is our salvation and not the bullet us then we will see our cross as a way to her resurrection us and God not as awesome in His Omnipotence but as awesome in His Love, as the Father who endures our mistakes and awaits our return.
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