Pagan vs Christian

[SalixIncendium]

Its not a guess or a theory for those who have found the presence of the Living God.

You didn't answer my question. I'll conclude it's because your ego prevents you from considering such a possibility or entertaining such a discussion, unless you wish to clarify why you avoided it.

But where did you find this Living God? Were you looking for it?

 

[Link]

Why do Christians (and Monotheists) have such a problem with those that worship pluralistically?

Such as Paganism and Hinduism?

My viewpoint is God knows he is the truth and the path to him has to be from him and towards him. Following all other pathways will lead to destruction. As for why God does not want us to worship exalted servants of his whether humans or Angels, it's because it's a falsehood and hateful towards God to equate with him others. Exalting them is fine, just not worshiping them.

I don't understand why pagans don't just exalt other beings but not equate them with God. It seems they wish to equate with God for no rational reason.

 

[Colt]

You didn't answer my question. I'll conclude it's because your ego prevents you from considering such a possibility or entertaining such a discussion, unless you wish to clarify why you avoided it.

But where did you find this Living God? Were you looking for it?

Having stated that I found God, who btw, is spirit and within, I assumed that would answer your question? Maybe you are practicing phycological projection in your psychoanalysis of me? Frankly, there was never a time in my life when I didn't believe in God. I guess it just came natural to me. At 21 I had a spiritual awakening which vastly increased my awareness of the presence of God.

 

[dybmh]

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.

Maybe it should be considered that way.

 

[Jimmy]

We don’t. I don’t know who you been talkin to

 

[SalixIncendium]

We don’t. I don’t know who you been talkin to

I'm still trying to figure out who you're talking to.

 

[crossfire]

Remnants from tribalism and colonialism and the propaganda associated with them has carried down via tradition through to modern times, imo.

 

[Mister Emu]

Well, mostly the major monotheistic religions' worship, by claim, is centered on the God of Abraham. It's one thing to worship the correct God in an incorrect manner, and another to worship the wrong god(s) entirely.

I'd also question your "such a problem", how much more of a problem do you really see between Christians and polytheists compared to Christians and Muslims? I'd go even further and say that plenty of Christians seem to have a bigger problem with Christian faith traditions that differ from their own.

 

[IndigoChild5559]

Why do Christians (and Monotheists) have such a problem with those that worship pluralistically?

Such as Paganism and Hinduism?

A unified divine means a unified moral code. A fractured divine means a contradictory and unstable moral code. How does it make sense to follow the ethics of the Goddess of Love on Tuesday, and then turn around on Wednesday and abide by the ethics of the God of War?

 

[The Hammer]

A unified divine means a unified moral code. A fractured divine means a contradictory and unstable moral code.

Uhm, what? That's just silly.

How does it make sense to follow the ethics of the Goddess of Love on Tuesday, and then turn around on Wednesday and abide by the ethics of the God of War?

I see you have no understanding of Polytheistic traditions?

The God of War's ethics are followed during times of war. When in Love abide by Her whims, and watch for Her foibles. When one needs judicial help, the Gods of Law and Justice are there for support and guidance.

Or the simpler version is we are all driven by hundreds of forces greater then ourselves worth of Worship. Storms and Rain bring Fertility to crops, for instance. The Animals can teach us lessons we have long forgotten, and Plants will talk if one is willing to listen with care and patience. The Fungal world sustains our ability to thrive with the environment intact as the breakers down of decaying material, thus transitioning One from Life to Death.

Edited: Grammar

 

[Father Heathen]

Its not a guess or a theory for those who have found the presence of the Living God.

And the believers of other religions say the very same about their gods.

 

[The Hammer]

Well, mostly the major monotheistic religions' worship, by claim, is centered on the God of Abraham. It's one thing to worship the correct God in an incorrect manner, and another to worship the wrong god(s) entirely.

And that's a fine concept. But to impose that on others? No thanks. That's how colonization was sugarcoated. Now that scapegoat is democracy. Neither concept overall is bad, but it's usage by particular adherents sure ruins it for the bunch.

I'd also question your "such a problem", how much more of a problem do you really see between Christians and polytheists compared to Christians and Muslims? I'd go even further and say that plenty of Christians seem to have a bigger problem with Christian faith traditions that differ from their own.

That's the problem. Conflict abounds, not acceptance of others and leaving them alone. On all fronts, from all sides.

 

[Colt]

And the believers of other religions say the very same about their gods.

Correct, anyone anywhere, inside or outside of any religion who is sincerely searching for God will find the Living God.

 

[Father Heathen]

Correct, anyone anywhere, inside or outside of any religion who is sincerely searching for God will find the Living God.

But in post #12 you said that their gods were false and inferior.

 

[The Hammer]

But in post #12 you said that their gods were false and inferior.

Language does matter.

 

[IndigoChild5559]

Correct, anyone anywhere, inside or outside of any religion who is sincerely searching for God will find the Living God.

That is not always true. There are people out there that simply do not perceive God.

 

[1213]

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.​

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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?

www.gotquestions.org

Ok, thank you. In that case the reason why I see a problem with those that worship pluralistically, is that I think it is illogical.

 

[Colt]

That is not always true. There are people out there that simply do not perceive God.

I should have added, if one is sincerely searching for God then they have already found God.

“If you truly want to find God, that desire is in itself evidence that you have already found him. Your trouble is not that you cannot find God, for the Father has already found you; your trouble is simply that you do not know God. Have you not read in the Prophet Jeremiah, `You shall seek me and find me when you shall search for me with all your heart’? And again, does not this same prophet say: `And I will give you a heart to know me, that I am the Lord, and you shall belong to my people, and I will be your God’? And have you not also read in the Scriptures where it says: `He looks down upon men, and if any will say: I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not, then will God deliver that man’s soul from darkness, and he shall see the light’?” Jesus of the Urantia Book

IMOP many so called Atheist have a fundamental, generic concept of God deep within themselves. It is this idea of God that they juxtapose against concepts presented in the various religious dogma and by religionists themselves. They use the criticisms of religion as an excuse for their own indolence.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Ok, thank you. In that case the reason why I see a problem with those that worship pluralistically, is that I think it is illogical.

Why?

 

[Colt]

But in post #12 you said that their gods were false and inferior.

I said they were inferior, not false. I used the world "unreal" however acknowledging that people may hold beliefs. Biological, evolutionary religion is the "scaffolding" for the arrival of revealed religion.