Translation- I have been confronted with the truth and don't have an intelligent response. Drats foiled by those darn meddling super intelligent Catholics again.
That is not a serious response.
Sauce for the goose is good or the gander. If you want to condemn Catholics for "pagan" practices than you darn well better be ready to war that hat as well.
You will find that we Catholics are like a dog on a bone with the truth.
Only in cartoons.
Over and again on these threads I often find them (some of them anyway) more like
Not someone I should give a ride to.
None of the examples were Pagan practices.
Go to a Buddhist or Taoist Temple or Hindu to learn something about pagan practices.
Prayer and offerings for the dead and to the dead, intercession sought from the dead or from benevolent spirits other than God.
Kuanyin serves exactly as a Mary deity and the rites are quite similar as one obvious example.
Its pretty fascinating.
It’s understandable given the historical dynamics and not condemnatory of all of Catholicism.
Translation- I have been confronted with the truth and DO have a cereal image to post!