it is common yes

but that seems to me more like Sirius

a conflation basically

the 8 pointed star is the blazing star

If you look up history the catholics are terrible about ripping off other people's stuff and saying they did it

Christmas is just the best example

mormons should bring back more pagan stuff

they don't have enough tbh

I am quite down with bringing back pagan "stuff"

they table with muslims, what's the harm?

we need to start doing the solstice and equinox celebrations

as a church

but what need rediscovery is a mindset, a spiritual orientation

rather than these rituals or symbols

right

I bet they will sperg because Norse paganism is white

else you are just perverting your religion

yes, i agree with that

celebrations of equinox I think can be justified

but they must be organically christian/mormon

its difficult to imagine how that would be

there is nothing absent in christianity, no obvious great flaw, the problem is in the christians

it will be up to those who are genuine

like anything else

Yes

you see people say christianity is not this or not that

and needs to be this or that

I am coming to notice Mormonism chases out its most diligent just like Stormfront chases out the whitest and most racist

mostly the people who criticize are seculars but even religious ones can do so

well

bruce charlton does the same thing

It seems one of the big questions for any group is to be more dedicated or to have greater consensus

how high to set the bar basically

@devolved in what way?

he thinks people should be "mere christians"

if Mormonism would require us to be as hardcore as the early ones there would be 10% as many members

well, the west basically, but everyone overall

he does have some internal criticisms of christian metaphysics, but not actual issue with doctrine

@diversity_is_racism your ariana grande article is incorrect

she's part north african

and i suspect other things as well