Why do Christians (and Monotheists) have such a problem with those that worship pluralistically?
Such as Paganism and Hinduism?
Such as Paganism and Hinduism?
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Pagan vs Christian
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Viker
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That and we're supposedly "wrong".
Evil and wrong really seem too subjective to me.
Augustus
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For the same reason bien-pensant liberals often have a problem with patriotism and the desire to preserve traditional values and social structures, it is seen as being ignorant, backwards and on "the wrong side of History".
Once you accept a teleological view of history, you have to start seeing certain things as being nescient if not outright primitive.
Once you accept a teleological view of history, you have to start seeing certain things as being nescient if not outright primitive.
While I understand what you're getting at. I am a blend of both, so I am confused by the dichotomy presented here.
The One True God™
That and the First Commandment (Exodus 20:3).
By the by, my daughter was a Christo-Pagan, so the two can be reconciled. There is both a cross and a pentacle on her headstone.
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Please explain first what do you mean with that?
Perhaps this might help...
Religious pluralism generally refers to the belief in two or more religious worldviews as being equally valid or acceptable. More than mere tolerance, religious pluralism accepts multiple paths to God or gods as a possibility and is usually contrasted with “exclusivism,” the idea that there is only one true religion or way to know God.
What is religious pluralism? | GotQuestions.org
What is religious pluralism? What is the definition of pluralism in regards to religion? Why is the world becoming increasingly pluralistic?
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That's the way they are taught.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
The bible teaches that there is only one god (theirs, of course), that all other gods are false, and that their followers are evil. This alone was often the motive for genocidal invasions:
"However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—as the Lord your God has commanded you. Otherwise, they will teach you to follow all the detestable things they do in worshiping their gods, and you will sin against the Lord your God." Deuteronomy 20:16-18
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
I don’t have any such problem. But it seems to me that when people on this forum generalise about Christians, they are usually referring to a vociferous subset of peculiarly American Christians, who are not representative, and who frankly give the rest of us a bad name.
Colt
Well-Known Member
Because IMOP the highest, truest concept of God is One, the first source and center, the first cause of all creation.
I don't believe in the Pagan God because they aren't real, as concepts they are inferior to the One God of all creation.
- Aphrodite: Greek goddess of love and beauty
- Odin: chief god in Norse mythology
- Isis: Egyptian goddess associated with motherhood, fertility, healing, and magic
- Brigid: Irish goddess associated with fire, smithcraft, and healing
- Pan: Greek god of the wild, often depicted as a half-man, half-goat creature
- Hecate: Greek goddess of witchcraft, magic, and ghosts
- Loki: Norse god of mischief and trickery
- Freya: Norse goddess of love, fertility, and war
- Lugh: Celtic god of the sun and master of skills
- The Green Man: spirit of the forest
- The Morrighan: Celtic goddess of war, fate, and death
dybmh
ויהי מבדיל בין מים למים
I think it's very important to consider that this verse was given to a specific group at a specific time and place. If it is taken out of that context, then, naturally there will be problems.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
That's usually the sort of Christian most members have experience with; the politically conservative, fundamentally religious Americans who wage a war on rights, liberty, equality, science, etc. They conflate religion, politics, and patriotism into this single thing; and they see this mindset as the default/norm, so anyone outside of this narrow view are the baddies.
It's the first of the Ten Commandments, a tenet Christians adhere to above anything else. It's a mortal sin when done deliberately (venial if done out of ignorance or weakness). It's not considered in Christianity to be location or person specific.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Yet your god and messiah are rip-offs of earlier deity concepts:
Yahweh - Wikipedia
Christ myth theory - Wikipedia
My experience with Christians is the British veriety both cofe and catholic. Not until i joined RF 6 years ago did i understand that the American version you speak of here actually is has the UK version beat
I appreciate your honesty. But I do have a question for you.
What if no gods, including "the highest, truest concept of God is One, the first source and center, the first cause of all creation," were real?
Colt
Well-Known Member
Its not a guess or a theory for those who have found the presence of the Living God.I appreciate your honesty. But I do have a question for you.
What if no gods, including "the highest, truest concept of God is One, the first source and center, the first cause of all creation," were real?