It doesn't work well to equate.
The Abrahamic God concept is dualist = God and creation are two.
The Hindu Brahman concept is nondualist = God and creation are not two
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Abrahamic God = Brahman???
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The Abrahamic God concept is dualist = God and creation are two.
The Hindu Brahman concept is nondualist = God and creation are not two
Nothing I can relate to
ChieftheCef
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Sure.
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
Thank you for explaining this. I appreciate it.
I think it is important not to conflate different religions. While it is true that when we compare pagan pantheons, similar ideas of what is a god arise. This is because in paganism, a "god" is simply a "power" over men, whether it is a storm, or an emperor, or war. But that is no longer the case when a people attach themselves to just one god, whether via henotheism or monotheism. I cannot say that the Muslim Allah is the pre-Mohammedan Allah and make any kind of sense.
I am not convinced that we can reliably go back to the time when Israel was first becoming dominant in Canaan and know exactly what the Israelite religion was. But the probability weighs on the side of a kind of henotheism: "There are many gods, but YHWH is OUR god."
That means, sir, that your assertion that their god was Yaldabaoth would be profoundly mistaken.
Please understand, my friend, that I have no problem with you being a polytheist, or a gnostic, or believing in a malevolent demiurge named Yaldabaoth. You are as free to you have your own beliefs as anyone else.
My problem is when you claim that the Abrahamic religions worship this Yaldabaoth, despite our objections to the contrary. Who are you to tell us what god we worship? If you want to know about my God, all you have to do is ask, and I'll gladly explain. But try to TELL ME who I worship, and I now have a problem with you.
It's kind of like how back during the Hellenistic era, the Greeks spread the rumor that Jews worshiped Set, or that we worshiped a donkey [Judge Judy voice: ON] REEEdiculous! Who did these Greeks think they were, TELLING US who we worshiped, instead of just asking us? It's just incredibly offensive to presume this way, and very destructive to spread these kinds of rumors.
It is pretty clear, however, that you are strongly attached to this idea, so I'm not really expecting to convince you otherwise.
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IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
Some people believe Hillary Clinton is a reptilian shapeshifter. The question is not whether some people believe something, but whether their belief lines up with the evidence.
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
Who? The Gnostics? Or the Christians?
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
Badness. That would be things like assault, theft, rape, murder... You really think these things should be "embraced and tamed"?
The Gnostic Christians who follow the demiurge belief. Not all Gnostics follow that belief. I'm open to correction
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IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
Got it, thanks.
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ChieftheCef
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Set says you shouldn't masturbate, do drugs, gamble or ****, but I know that shortens your life in stress. **** Set.