alt Hacker News> Tell a devout old world European catholic about say Day of the Dead traditions and they will probably think its blasphemy.
Want to make a Catholic mad? Tell them saints are just minor gods of the Christian pantheon.
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jhbadger • today at 1:09 AM
Tolkien, who was a devout Catholic and who wanted his religion in LOTR to not contradict his own, literally had minor gods (the Valar). He squared that with his Catholicism because he had them subordinate to Ilúvatar (God), much like how saints and angels are.
asdff • yesterday at 8:04 PM
Yeah the protestants think the saint stuff is absurd and even creepy when you get into the relics. I'm not sure where it came from but I'm guessing some weird roman religion origin.
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> Tell them saints are just minor gods of the Christian pantheon
That’s the whole idea though:
“God became man so that men might become gods,” -St. Athanasius