Have you noticed that Gods of all religions have one thing in common? Fragile egos.
You aren't allowed to insult or abuse them. That's always one of the top offenses.
Isn't that weird? You'd think someone who basically bloody owns everything would be a bit less sensitive, wouldn't you?
(If nobody replies, these are rhetorical questions.)
April 26 2006, 09:35:11 UTC 6 years ago
It is interesting to study the evolution of the conception of God through various phases in history. It tends from vengeful natural force to vengeful abstract force to benevolent abstract force.
April 26 2006, 09:53:13 UTC 6 years ago
Which are these new Gods? Please be more specific.
Are you talking about how the idea of God has changed in our minds? I don't think it has changed for a majority of the population.
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April 26 2006, 20:35:46 UTC 6 years ago
There were an older class of God that showed both pleasure and vengeance in very vivid ways. The totems of ancient Mexico and the Red Indians as well as the Shamanic Gods of Africa and the Aborigines still follow the same programming. Trees, beasts, mountains, rivers, etc., they all were either wrathful or accommodating in their own ways.
Something bad happens, God is bloody angry cause we've fscked up somewhere. Something good happens, God is pleased with us. We use a similar trigger to accommodate our current God-belief systems. It's all incredibly interesting, and I fail to understand how desperately naive some people can be with regard to understanding the evolution of 'God' as a mental entity, rather than a real phenomenon.
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*points finger*
:D
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Though I have no clue what is 'rest', I'd think if I did my best job, surely that thing would work! If it didn't either I didn't do enough or I had sinned in someother way to have earned the consequences. So I beat myself up basically!
But when people realise you _are_ actually beating yourself up, they turn the tables around, "you _are_ doing your best, let God decide what you deserve, go easy on him. keep the faith. It will all come to you, sooner or later!"
*shrugs*
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April 26 2006, 20:45:29 UTC 6 years ago
Its the followers..not God...!!
The followers of Gods are the ones who take the offense on abusing God, they take it too personal...not God himself! God takes offense and hurts...only when you do something really,really bad !-Jo
April 27 2006, 07:04:35 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Its the followers..not God...!!
Aw! That's so cute!!April 27 2006, 03:40:43 UTC 6 years ago
*smug grin*
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April 27 2006, 05:19:58 UTC 6 years ago
Oh, oh and if you didn't offer up food and flowers and stuff to him on auspicious days he'd get all pissy. I mean for someone who supposedly created the food and flowers and the people who were offering it up couldn't he go get some of his own?
I don't get it. But the stories(especially ones with smiting) were very cool to me as a kid.
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April 27 2006, 14:14:41 UTC 6 years ago
and now u have hurt them
so now lightening will fall on yr head and winds will sweep u away in a tornado
ok ok lame joke
just dont block me
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October 12 2007, 13:23:54 UTC 4 years ago
Not really!!
Its the way u look at things. I personally dont see obeying God as respecting rather than submitting to some type of ego.Its actually humans who have ego that don't se the bounties given by god, foremost being human intelligence and consciousness. And nothing comes for free...not even our life and the bounties i mentioned. ;)
How would you be if there was no agricultural production for a year? Would u eat iPods and survive? :O
May 10 2009, 06:30:27 UTC 3 years ago
Re: Not really!!
Were you drunk when you made this comment?