Engyo
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How do I view them personally, or what do I believe about others' beliefs about their god(s)?
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What do you believe about other gods besides your own?
- Thread starter Rainbow Mage
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Is there a difference between believing that all Gods are equal and believing all Gods are really just the same one with a different name?
hmm... if there is I would say it is only concept/how we picture the gods. But I think any difference there is would be negligable.
Yes. Equal individual Gods need not agree with each other, for instance, there could be heavenly war between deities...
bain-druie
Tree-Hugger!
My gods are rather a social lot, and get along especially well with the Norse deities. :group: I believe that other gods may, like my own, exist more or less as they are portrayed, may be Jungian archetypes devised by the minds of believers (myself included), or may be facets of one ultimate Supreme Source. I have no issues with any of them if they can play nice; which is why I always end up having issues with Allah and Jehovah, who seem not to be able to play nice. *sigh* 
There are a few who scare me, particularly in the Kemetic tradition. I think that's wise; I don't understand them well enough to be comfortable, and to me that's the best tribute of respect I can give them.
There are a few who scare me, particularly in the Kemetic tradition. I think that's wise; I don't understand them well enough to be comfortable, and to me that's the best tribute of respect I can give them.
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
Understandable. The Egyptian deities certainly aren't all sunshine and daisies, but there is a reason for their sometimes harshness. They hold the Cosmos together, and that's no easy task. I'm sure you know about the concept of Ma'at and all that?
bain-druie
Tree-Hugger!
Ohh, mine aren't all sunshine and daisies either, don't get me wrong, lol! There are a few I'm wary of :run
Taranis, for instance, and Herne in certain of his moods), I just feel I understand them better. As for Ma'at, if I understand correctly, she is a personification of the concept of Order in the universe, without whom there would be chaos. The originator of natural laws. Is this close to being accurate (wince)?
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
Yep pretty much
Erebus
Well-Known Member
I only bother with deities that I have experienced, I remain agnostic about the others. They could exist, they might not. The only deity I don't believe in at all is the Omnimax god a lot of Christians and Muslims believe in due to the fact that one need only look at the state of the world to realize that this God is impossible.
Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
My God can beat up your God! [/silliness]
TEXASBULL
Member
I used to spend my time dismissing all other Gods except my own. I was an expert at pointing out flaws in other religions until one day , I took that microscope and looked into my own "christian" God and when I did , I had to dismiss him too....
I realized the same rational I was using to dismiss other beliefs can be applied to my own and it fit perfectly.
I realized the same rational I was using to dismiss other beliefs can be applied to my own and it fit perfectly.
Blackdog22
Well-Known Member
As much as I love this idea, I can't support it. Better yet, religions don't support it. If Jesus truly is the only way to God, then that leaves little room for anyone else. God commanded the death of anyone believing in any other religion, referring to them as "pagan". If they were all one in the same surely God wouldn't mass murder people for simply mispronouncing his name?
TEXASBULL
Member
God is a " Mass Murder". That right there should tell you something. Notice how God always " TOLD" the children of Israel to do his dirty work.
Could it be that these people where murders and then said " god spoke to us". Just a thought.
Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
You mean like Shrub?
Dubya said:
No, God is not a mass murderer, but he sure gets blamed a lot. Happy times.
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
boo-yah!
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Xy was never meant to be a religion. It was meant to be a way. That's why it was incorporated so easily into the Gentile religion of the day. Xy is supposed to take the long, rather than the short, view. It has failed in that respect. If Paul was correct, Paul talked more about Jesus the Christ than he did about Jesus-the-human. For Paul, Jesus was more an avatar than a human teacher. An avatar is more pan-belief than a human.