There's... Something In Praying And Slowly Starting To Feel Like One Of Your Hands Is Being Held As You

there's... something in praying and slowly starting to feel like one of your hands is being held as you whisper sincere words to the world, to yourself, to the gods

THEY

Making a helpol poll (mouthful) because I'm curious -

Please reblog I really am curious what other people do :) + feel free to elaborate if you want <3

Rick Riordan, someday you will answer for your crimes against all Hellenic pagans and classicists alike. I hope a fury tears your ass apart when the time comes.

no matter how important your deity is, remember it's okay to say no. you don't automatically have to do what they say, you're allowed to question and refuse. it's genuinely very healthy to exercise this.

I have an unpopular opinion: Some of you care too much about what’s “disrespectful” to the Gods in others’ practice. 

“Calling Gods by nicknames is disrespectful!”, “being casual with Gods is disrespectful!”, “liking modern media about Gods is disrespectful!’, etc. etc. etc. It’s usually utterly safe practices that hurt no one - but are deemed unseemly because they’re not by the book, because they’re modernized, or because they’re subjectively misinterpreted. 

Look. Sometimes people practice in ways that aren’t familiar to you. If it’s ahistorical and they claim it’s the gospel truth, you can call it out. If it’s appropriated and they can’t use it, then call it out. But loudly proclaiming something as invalid because of your utterly specific, subjective distaste? Sounds like reinvented cringe culture to me. 

Also. Even if something is disrespectful in Gods’ eyes, I do believe They have all the power in the world to let the person know they’re making a genuine mistake or purposefully insulting Them. Get off that high horse of authority; if someone’s doing something wrong, it’s their consequences - not yours.