Gavri Fernandez ([info]ga_woo) wrote,
2006-04-26 13:10:00

Fragile egos

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.)

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[info]jace

April 26 2006, 09:35:11 UTC 6 years ago

Those are the "Old Testament" class gods, the vengeful types. Newer gods are benevolent regardless of what you do. They share a single identity God/Allah, which is why they're vastly outnumbered in popular perception.

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.

[info]ga_woo

April 26 2006, 09:53:13 UTC 6 years ago

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Are you talking about the New Testament? The Koran?
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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[info]angiasaa

April 26 2006, 20:35:46 UTC 6 years ago

On a related note, you'll find this post interesting. :o)

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.

[info]sumit_mittal

April 26 2006, 13:40:33 UTC 6 years ago

u do post sensible stuff at times

[info]subtle_blues

April 26 2006, 15:16:59 UTC 6 years ago

I saw you on Orkut!
*points finger*
:D

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[info]ga_woo

April 26 2006, 17:51:26 UTC 6 years ago

I agree with you. In fact, I more that agree with you. I'm willing to concede that I post decent stuff most of the time.

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[info]fugney

April 26 2006, 15:15:11 UTC 6 years ago

Ha-ha.

[info]fugney

April 26 2006, 15:16:18 UTC 6 years ago

Also reminds me of claims of how it takes "real faith" to make prayer work. I thought "a real egoistic bastard, this God".

[info]subtle_blues

April 26 2006, 15:22:24 UTC 6 years ago

Education from a convent: Real faith is to stop questioning and waiting. "Do your best job and God will do the rest."
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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[info]ga_woo

April 26 2006, 17:54:32 UTC 6 years ago

The whole idea of God liking those who believe in him/her doesn't make any sense at all, if you sit down and think about it.

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[info]wishiwerealive

April 26 2006, 18:30:58 UTC 6 years ago

If anyone here is in denial of being a flamer, am gonna kick yer buttocks!

[info]ga_woo

April 26 2006, 18:43:07 UTC 6 years ago

Ah! My theistic brother. We meet again. This time we will duel to the death. Your death, to be more specific.

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Anonymous

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

[info]ga_woo

April 27 2006, 07:04:35 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Its the followers..not God...!!

Aw! That's so cute!!

[info]subtle_blues

April 27 2006, 03:40:43 UTC 6 years ago

And that fucking did it! My previous comment sent a shudder through your comments page. It shrinked and folded! Boy I am good!
*smug grin*

[info]ga_woo

April 27 2006, 07:05:24 UTC 6 years ago

Which comment? Link please.

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[info]vaguelyalive

April 27 2006, 05:19:58 UTC 6 years ago

I remember always wondering why God was so bloody touchy. I mean some old sage in some corner of a forest who's been living without food and water for years and years goes like "I don't like you all that much anymore." and God goes like "RAAAAH! I smite you with my smiting powers!" and makes it rain forever or something.

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.

[info]ga_woo

April 27 2006, 07:02:18 UTC 6 years ago

I called God's bluff once :D

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[info]dilkibaat

April 27 2006, 14:14:41 UTC 6 years ago

Gods dont have fragile egos...they have super fragile egos

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

[info]ga_woo

April 27 2006, 14:16:44 UTC 6 years ago

The lame joke is our bulk-food on LJ :D

[info]dilkibaat

April 27 2006, 14:19:08 UTC 6 years ago

*smiles and shakes head in agreement*

[info]kalyancreddy

April 27 2006, 18:41:09 UTC 6 years ago

You aren't allowed to insult or abuse them, thats not wholly correct? I've seen a lot of people cursing, insulting Gods of almost all religions in many ways, esp if it wasn't their so called 'own' God. Perhaps, not many in India, perhaps not in public.

[info]ga_woo

April 27 2006, 18:47:01 UTC 6 years ago

I'm not saying that people don't do it. I'm saying that God does not allow it.

[info]karims.wordpress.com

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

[info]ga_woo

May 10 2009, 06:30:27 UTC 3 years ago

Re: Not really!!

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