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So my family is VERY christian and very forceful with it, especially my mom. In the past when i was learning ab greek mythology she called it stupid i said i like it she said well its stupid and that if i ever believed in it im going to hell. She has also called the greek gods demons on multiple occassions ones that "try and take our focus off the real god". my older brother is atheist and she was very dissappointed in him. Earlier today i was educating my dad and older brother on greek things and my dads way of justifying that the greek and roman gods werent similar is because he said they aren't real i say they were to to the greeks and romans and my brother says mars is to the greeks as jesus is to him. (i corrected him and said ares was auctually the greek, mars was roman.) and my mom yelled downstair that it doesnt matter because theres only one god and then preached ab jesus and told my atheist brother he needs to study his bible.

keep in mind my mother shows favoritism ALOT and im sadly her least out of me and my two brothers (she makes no effort to hide it either she treats me like garbage but my brothers like saints) and if this is how she treats my brother for being atheist i genuinely cant fathom how she will react when she finds out i worship "demons". idk if i should just not tell her? im 17 right now but wont be able to move out for over a year. If she comes to my house in the future and sees my altars i might auctually end up having to call the cops because she will lose her mind. So can anyone give advice on what to do and when to do it?

Ok so i want to start this off by saying thank you to EVERYONE in this subreddit, its helped me so much in becoming hellenistic. You all have helped me learn so much about this religion and Nyxshadowhawk specifically has helped me immensely and others in this subreddit as well (not just assuming ive seen people talk ab it) ive seen NSH posts on other websites as well which has helped me (one that stands out to me was them defending zeus i can give the link if anyone wants) and i genuinely feel like your working overtime to help people with their concerns, questions, ect. and they have replied to me specifically before. This subreddit as a whole is amazing. for the most part ive not seen any toxicity besides like 2 arguements in comments both which ended with them respectfully saying "ok i dont agree at all but you do you have a good day." and ive seen people shaming misinformation so like. And NSH if you see this (ik you prob will) you should be proud.

i created a reddit account purely so I could interact with this subreddit as ive been watching it without an account for some time. and for the question, is there a limit to how much i can post? ive seen not many people post often but i have many questions (i only post ones that are unique) and ik i cant like spam post every minute but like is 1 everyday (rarely two) acceptable? and i cant reach out to a mod to ask simply because idk how because i dont use reddit. also ik this post isnt rly ab hellenism perse but it is ab the community so please let it go through.

im not sure how to explain this so ill try my best. I feel like after a falling out with a friend or someone im the one who won or will win because i have the gods on my side and with me. i know they arent like literally choosing me over them but i feel as though ill win because the gods will help guide me rather than the person im falling out with because i actively worship them and the other just sees them as characters or demons. like the gods would help me rather than them?

On top of that i feel after the falling out ill have "won" because the gods will watch over me and help with my mental health when the other may go into a not so well mental state (not wishing depression or anything negative on anyone just an example) and that ill be ok no matter what because ill always have the gods with me. So its not that i always win its just that its impossible for me to lose since i have my gods and will always be ok?

and im terrified of having too much hubris but i still feel almost as if the gods prefer me over a non worshipper. I dont feel im better than them or superior, just that im luckier and that the gods will help me but not them?

So for this just imagine aliens are in fact real, they might be, they might not, but for this were saying they are. so the earth created the titans yes? do you guys think that other planets also created gods? like does everyone planet with life have gods or do you think some never gave their beings that much power? would those planets work the same with different gods (would they have the thunderbolt or would their gods have created their own things and would it be a thing we have no concept of?) how would the worlds without gods run? and what about the planets that appear to have no life? could there be just gods on that planet so we just cant see them? there are so many questions and i just wanna hear your guys take because this is a really interesting topic