[aMorePerfectUnion]

But there are also things that pagans did that are theologically neutral. Pagans prayed. Pagans sang hymns. Pagans wore wedding rings. Pagans used special liturgical languages. And they often prayed toward the East.

And there you have a false justification for mirroring paganism and claiming to worship God. I could not have said it better.

If you can’t tell the difference between directing such things to a demon and directing them to the Triune God, I would suggest that you have very little of substance to contribute to this thread.

Direction is not the only issue in Scripture.

[Claud]

I am not afraid in the least to “mirror paganism” when the pagans were right. Neither was St. John when he wrote “en arche en o logos”, neither was St. Paul in the Areopagus, and neither was C.S. Lewis.

What I am afraid to do is to mirror Christians when they are wrong. Especially about the liturgy.