Thread 18135225

Can I be catholic or orthodox and venerate a statue of Thor?

>>18135225 (OP)
Catholic - sure. They do that anyway with their saints. EO may be more tricky.

>>18135225 (OP)
Veneration is independent of worship, so you could do this in basically any Christian sect except the most fundamentalist ones or iconoclasm.

If Thor was real, wouldn't he have done something about his faith completely disappearing outside of some meme larpers?

>>18135225 (OP)
You can do whatever you want. Only God can judge

>>18135225 (OP)
Can Anglicans?

>>18135599
Yes

I have an old copy of the lives of the saints that lists thorstein as a saint name. even gives an explanation of its meaning, "Thor's Stone"

theres also a saint Thorlak, which means "Thor's Game" or "Thor's Offering", or the most simple translation, "Thor-like"

>>18135260
hes already worshiped worldwide, under various forms. thats like asking why a hurricane doesnt do something like wipe out all the niggers in the carribean (lol)

>>18135680
>these other gods are actually my god in a funny disguise
classic cope

>>18135670
Uh based.

>>18135715
>retard doesnt know vajrapani was imported by the greeks
How comes I see no jesus in the white house?

>>18135724
Was Geroge Washington ZEUS in a disguise???

>>18135742
He was Anglican. So maybe?

>>18135225 (OP)
>Thou shalt worship no other gods before me
Idk anon, seems pretty cut and dry?

>>18135253
Protestants do not "venerate" which is just Catholic doubletalk for worship.

>>18135742
I dunno, did he ever transform into animals for no reason or hurl thunderbolts at his enemies?

>>18135757
tbf, its a practical double think.

To acknowledge worldly merit while also admitting its comparative negligence in the infinite is a practical stance.

>>18135715
that's literally half of all christfag proselytization dialog

>>18135849
Seems to have worked pretty well.

Makes sense too.
>We believe in the most POWERFUL thing
>SO your thing?
>Yah maybe it existed, but its just another thing, call it saint Unga rather than God Unga and you will be all right

>>18135859
Right. But it's classic cope, like you said.

>>18135755
Whay about after?

>>18135871
I wasnt the other guy.

Thor is just Yhwh

>>18136064
Thor is YHWH (the son)
Odin is YHWH (the father)
The Valkaries are YHWH (the holy spirit)

>>18135253
The issue is not veneration itself bu who it is aimed at. In any event, catholics have no standards so it's just another god in their pantheon.

>>18136078
Freyr is the holy spirit

>>18135755
Veneration != worship

>>18135779
>thunderbolts at his enemies?
He thunderbolted the Bri'ish, loyalists and native americans, so yeah.

>>18135225 (OP)
Just read the bible. Fucking moron.

>>18138467
What if he kisses pictures of the major biblical characters instead?

>can I worship idols if I'm Christian
No, not if you are a good one. Why would you want to?