Question: Polytheism (Page 3/3)
randye FEB 28, 09:45 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:


.....and Hindus have Brahma, who encompasses all other Hindu deities.






Yes and no.

Many / most Hindu sects believe in the Trimurhi. which loosely combines the gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva into a sort of "group entity", but on whole most Hinduism is still monolatristic / polytheistic, also maintaining a belief in a variety of lesser deities.

I once hired a young Indian engineer (Rishi V.) to work at my company and I was immediately intrigued by the little "Elephant Headed God" (Ganesh), statue he had on his desk so I used to take him to lunch at least a couple of times a week and pried him politely to teach me a bit about Hinduism.

He was flattered at my interest and this Christian learned a lot from him....including why it was important to him to have a statue of Ganesh on his desk at his new job.

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2.5 MAR 01, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

The new forum section specifically includes religion, so I figured "Why not?"

And my middle name is Thomas.



Exactly, all we needed to do before was check the box too.
I had no idea your middle name. Its cool when that happens.
2.5 MAR 01, 12:46 PM

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Originally posted by Jake_Dragon:

The human mind is not able to grasp the concept of God, so it represents God in terms that it can understand. Then it tells these stories to other human minds and they store it in their minds.
Eventually it gets wrote down then people edit the parts they don't like and start wars with those that don't like the edits.

I have billions of cells in my bodies, they are not aware that I am typing this to you. They are told to do a task and as team Jake_Dragon they follow my commands.
Am I a God?





Heres some of the issues I have tring to talk about the subject, figuring out what God is to people, defining the word, to talk about the subject and be understood. A God? Thats even more of a twist.

Isnt it interesting though that this question is built in to us.
2.5 MAR 01, 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by Jake_Dragon:

Religion is Mans attempt at explaining God. Not the other way around.
I have no faith in religion, its too full of people.



My first post in teh thread is related to this.
ray b MAR 01, 12:50 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

Think about each question, before reading the next question:

Did God create religion?
next:
next:
next:



all religions are MAN MADE

all religions are MAN MADE

NO

NO AS HE IS A MAN MADE IDEA
2.5 MAR 03, 12:27 PM
Well I guess we know where rayb stands.
2.5 MAR 03, 04:44 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

Do all religions worship the same God?

If one believes that Muslims (for example) worship a different God than Christians, does that make him a polytheist?

Do you think that polytheists simply see several aspects or faces of one God?

Does belief in the Holy Trinity make one a polytheist?

If Poly wants a cracker, does that make god a racist?





Things to consider when thinking of answers to these questions:

" Hinduism an indigenous religion made up of a diverse family of philosophies and traditions that have been practiced primarily throughout Asia for thousands of years. Most traditions, sects, or schools within Hinduism share certain distinctive, foundational concepts despite the absence of an identifiable beginning in history, single founder, central religious establishment, or sole authoritative scripture. Two of these foundational concepts are that of the oneness of existence and pluralism.
All beings, from the smallest organism to man, are considered manifestations of the Divine (existence, pure being, light of consciousness) or reflections of the Divine’s qualities, depending upon the school of thought.
The worldview of pluralism is not just applicable to Hindus, but to all members of this universal family. Accordingly, Hinduism acknowledges not just the possibility, but also the existence of more than one path (religion) or way of relating to Truth (God)."

"One doctrine agreed upon by all branches of modern Buddhism is that “this world is not created and ruled by a God.” The Buddha himself rejected metaphysical speculation as a matter of principle, and his teachings focused entirely on the practical ways to end suffering."

The first question here references this a little at the 3:40 min mark, Claim: Hinduism Buddhism for example don't even think God is theistic.



I will say one thing, to me a lot of religions boil down to actually worshipping self, humanity, and earth (the universe / the "cosmos"). Similar to saying everything is god, it is interesting because if that is believed true it defacto makes the believing person god as well.
randye MAR 03, 10:24 PM

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Originally posted by 2.5:


I will say one thing, to me a lot of religions boil down to actually worshipping self, humanity, and earth (the universe / the "cosmos"). Similar to saying everything is god, it is interesting because if that is believed true it defacto makes the believing person god as well.




Which is actually their intent.

If you are your own god then you say what is moral or not and you decide what your own punishments or rewards should be.....

...and THAT is the birthplace of moral relativism, egotistical hedonism and a lot of suffering.

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