I respect that a lot and have somewhat similar beliefs. I follow Marcus Aurelius’s beliefs on the morality of the divine: I will live a life striving for morality, thinking for myself, judging for myself, and struggling against the difficulty of putting beliefs into practice, and if the divine and I find ourselves in disharmony of right and wrong then it will have to convince me that I’m the one who’s wrong.

I will note that I think a lot of people really miss the point of meat on Fridays. It’s supposed to be a mild fast, and back in the day Catholics were supposed to fully fast on Fridays in lent. But yeah I feel like a lot of people get the rituals and morality mixed up. Yeah you’re supposed to fast when you’re supposed to fast, it should be an act of humility and self control, but the real sin isn’t when you eat when you’re not supposed to, but when you don’t feed your neighbor when you are supposed to. The rituals and lesser rules are supposed to keep your mind focused on the parts of the religion that make you a better person.

I simply hope that the face divinity shows me in the end is that of my patron goddess. Not because I cannot explain my actions to other deities, even the Christian god, but because she’s the aspect of divinity I most resonate with and understand.