ga_woo: Fragile egos

Gavri Fernandez (

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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jace
2006-04-26 09:35 am UTC (link)

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.

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	ga_woo 2006-04-26 09:53 am UTC (link)
	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. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

jace
2006-04-26 10:08 am UTC (link)

"Old" gods such as those of the Vedic age, the Greeks, the Egyptians, etc are all the vengeful types. They're also associated with forces of nature. Indira, Vayu, Bhoomi, Surya/Ra, etc.

The next level is gods of abstract concepts that only humans can experience. Lakshmi and Saraswati, the goddesses of wealth and knowledge, etc.

Then it gets even more meta. Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, the generic creator, protector and recycler.

Then there is only one "God", now with a capital G, who is all encompassing and benevolent. He has no tiffs with anyone.

I'll bet on it that this sequence is in chronological order. As society evolves, new types of gods are invented to sit at par with humanity's understanding of the universe. In the follow-ups to Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C Clarke and his co-writer (I've forgotten the name) describe a God who resides outside the universe and cannot make his presence felt directly because it would interfere with Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. He therefore sends mysterious alien spaceships to Earth. Ok, I've given away the ending. Don't bother to read the series now.

This evolution from vengeful force-of-nature type of god to benevolent all-encompassing God is supposedly most visible between the Old and New Testament parts of the Bible.

	sumit_mittal 2006-04-26 01:40 pm UTC (link)
	u do post sensible stuff at times (Reply to this) (Thread)

	subtle_blues 2006-04-26 03:16 pm UTC (link)
	I saw you on Orkut! points finger :D (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	ga_woo 2006-04-26 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	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. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	fugney 2006-04-26 03:15 pm UTC (link)
	Ha-ha. (Reply to this)

	fugney 2006-04-26 03:16 pm UTC (link)
	Also reminds me of claims of how it takes "real faith" to make prayer work. I thought "a real egoistic bastard, this God". (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ga_woo 2006-04-26 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	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. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	wishiwerealive 2006-04-26 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	If anyone here is in denial of being a flamer, am gonna kick yer buttocks! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ga_woo 2006-04-26 06:43 pm UTC (link)
	Ah! My theistic brother. We meet again. This time we will duel to the death. Your death, to be more specific. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Its the followers..not God...!! (Anonymous) 2006-04-26 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	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 (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Its the followers..not God...!! ga_woo 2006-04-27 07:04 am UTC (link)
	Aw! That's so cute!! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	subtle_blues 2006-04-27 03:40 am UTC (link)
	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 (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ga_woo 2006-04-27 07:05 am UTC (link)
	Which comment? Link please. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	ga_woo 2006-04-27 07:02 am UTC (link)
	I called God's bluff once :D (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	dilkibaat 2006-04-27 02:14 pm UTC (link)
	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 (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ga_woo 2006-04-27 02:16 pm UTC (link)
	The lame joke is our bulk-food on LJ :D (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	kalyancreddy 2006-04-27 06:41 pm UTC (link)
	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. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ga_woo 2006-04-27 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not saying that people don't do it. I'm saying that God does not allow it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Not really!! ga_woo 2009-05-10 06:30 am UTC (link)
	Were you drunk when you made this comment? (Reply to this) (Parent)

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