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[Cronos]

Ebb tide, you are posting sensationalized headlines no better than the MSM.

Here are the factual and theological realities of what occurred in Raleigh:

1. This was Inculturation not "Paganism"
Ever since the Apostles Christians have been taking neutral cultural symbols and directing them toward the True God. Using burning sage or incense as a symbol of purification and prayer rising to Heaven is a biblical concept (Psalm 141:2; Rev 8:3-4). To claim burning plant herbs while directing prayers to Our Christian God is as the article says inherently "pagan" would be them claiming the Old Testament Temple worship pagan as well.

2. The event was held in honor of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, a canonized saint who was native American
. Native American Christians noring a Native American saint using indigenous cultural expressions is not "pagan prayer"; it is a Christian celebration.

Labeling Native American cultural expressions as "shamanism" while accepting European cultural adaptations is an arbitrary double standard, unless you want us all to dress as 1st century Jews.

Reading clickbait articles designed to provoke outrage is not a substitute for understanding theology.

[chopperk]

Bishop must be drinking too much altar wine.

[Hyman Roth]

Doesn’t surprise me. It’s Raleigh.

[Tench_Coxe]

Remember this?:

NY Archdiocese denounces transgender activist's funeral, holds Mass of Reparation

The funeral of a renowned transgender activist in a New York cathedral elicited a denunciation of the event by a senior church official, who called the mass a scandal within one of the preeminent houses of worship in U.S. Catholicism.

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The cathedral held a Mass of Reparation following the funeral at the direction of Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, Salvo said.

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“Except on Easter Sunday we don’t really have a crowd that is this well turned out,” said Father Edward Dougherty, who presided over the mass.

Conservative group CatholicVote condemned fellow “Pose" actor Billy Porter, whose singing performance during the funeral was characterized by the group as a mockery of the “Our Father” prayer. “This is just unbelievable and sick,” CatholicVote said on X.

[TonyM]

The Catholic Cult has been a Pagan Cult for over 1600 years, so it only makes sense.

[high info voter]

A DISGRACE TO OUR FATHER GOD!

[AppyPappy]

Well, it is a Catholic church.

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