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Wanting to make love to your deity/deities.

Saint Frankenstein

Saint Frankenstein

Here for the ride
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PopeADope said:
It's true! Eeeek!! :eek:

Only our soul is more female... The soul receives Christo_O
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Hahaha. That kind of throws a wrench into their teachings about the maleness and femaleness of our body being a reflection of the maleness or femaleness of our soul if everyone has feminine souls.
 
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von bek

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I experience intense feelings when praying to Artemis, whom I am especially devoted to. I feel overwhelmed by a presence of supreme strength and a sense of total submission to Her. I truly love Her. However, Artemis is a virgin goddess...
 
Spiderman

Spiderman

Veteran Member
von bek said:
I experience intense feelings when praying to Artemis, whom I am especially devoted to. I feel overwhelmed by a presence of supreme strength and a sense of total submission to Her. I truly love Her. However, Artemis is a virgin goddess...
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Can she enter your body?
 
Spiderman

Spiderman

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von bek said:
If you are familiar with the story of Artemis and the hunter Actaeon, you know that one must be careful with how you approach the Goddess. I respect that idea.
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I googled her. I'm very impressed. Now I know what you mean by her strength! :)

Can the Roman and Greek gods enter people's bodies ( like Yahweh and spirits do)?
 
Jainarayan

Jainarayan

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
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Saint Frankenstein said:
Why? I'm saying it's not a bad thing and appears to be an important dimension of religious experience.
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If they don't bother you, that's fine. I could qualify it further to "Accept them for what they are and push them away if they are bothersome and/or disturbing". Some people do find them disturbing.
 
Spiderman

Spiderman

Veteran Member
Jainarayan said:
If they don't bother you, that's fine. I could qualify it further to "Accept them for what they are and push them away if they are bothersome and/or disturbing". Some people do find them disturbing.
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What about Hindu gods/godesses, can they enter people's bodies? I ask this because it is relevant to the topic. If a Deity is actually entering a person's flesh, such a degree of intimacy could lead to sexual arousal.
 
Jainarayan

Jainarayan

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
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PopeADope said:
What about Hindu gods/godesses, can they enter people's bodies? I ask this because it is relevant to the topic. If a Deity is actually entering a person's flesh, such a degree of intimacy could lead to sexual arousal.
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Possession of a human by a deva? I do not believe possession is a belief in Hinduism, with the possible exception of a dead person's unhappy ghost.
 
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von bek

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PopeADope said:
I googled her. I'm very impressed. Now I know what you mean by her strength! :)

Can the Roman and Greek gods enter people's bodies ( like Yahweh and spirits do)?
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You mean like possession? I don't know. What I do believe is that the gods can impart emotions and ideas directly to our minds. For example, in the Iliad we see Athena directly give courage and recklessness to various people.
 
Vinayaka

Vinayaka

devotee
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Jainarayan said:
Possession of a human by a deva? I do not believe possession is a belief in Hinduism, with the possible exception of a dead person's unhappy ghost.
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You're right, although in some places where there has been mixing with tribal faiths or Christianity, it's there on the fringes. For me personally, being the traditionalist I am, both possession by a deity and the idea of making love to a deity are just completely foreign, way 'out there'.
 
Spiderman

Spiderman

Veteran Member
Vinayaka said:
You're right, although in some places where there has been mixing with tribal faiths or Christianity, it's there on the fringes. For me personally, being the traditionalist I am, both possession by a deity and the idea of making love to a deity are just completely foreign, way 'out there'.
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Yeah, in Christianity we humans are temples of the Holy Spirit, so we are literally houses of flesh where God enters , dwells, and has his way. It can get rather kinky and frisky at times...what? :p

It sounds like Hinduism doesn't traditionally have that degree of intimacy between Deities and humans :D
 
Spiderman

Spiderman

Veteran Member
In some Christian groups I've seen people receive the holy Spirit and fall over convulsing, moaning, screaming, crying, flailing, almost looking like they are being ravaged or butchered :eek:...I saw that a lot at healing-room revivals as a kid.
 
VioletVortex

VioletVortex

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If I did that I'd suffer third degree burns in unpleasant areas.

In all seriousness, I don't really understand wanting to make love to spiritual deities, not that I have a problem with it.
 
Spiderman

Spiderman

Veteran Member
I like the Rosary and prayers to dead girls. It is much more meaningful to me when my devotions and acts of love are directed to a female than a male
 
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