i used to be a christian but i stopped when i was 15. every church i went to the people there acted as though i was tresspassing on private property or that i was in the wrong place. i got a few smiles but i could tell they were forced. after much deliberation i have decided to be of no regilion but to focus my energies in the wiccan and pagan religions at the same time. they are fascinating and i have discovered more about myself while studying these 2 religions for the past few years then i had in 15 years of christianity. after all my studying i have one question.
i believe there is more than one god. i don't worship them all i just believe they exist. many religions admit there are many gods. how do christians know there is only one? you are taught there is only one but what if that one is really one of many? how do you really know for sure?
2006-08-04 04:20:20 · 7 answers · asked by storm_magus3 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You will find throughout mythology (especially in Native American spirituality) that the believe in more than one god is very misleading. In fact, most of these groups believe that there is one main Creator deity -- who is both male and female and encompasses all things and characteristics. However, Pagan religions split the Creator into a male and female deity (the God and Goddess) because they feel they are able to identify with God/dess on a more personal level this way. I am Pagan and I believe in one God, but when I do ritual I invite the God and Goddes for balance and because I can relate to God/dess more personally by relating to them as separate genders with different characteristics.
However, there are pagan religions that do believe in many Gods, they are usually those that focus on a specific mythology, such as Asatru, which is Norse, and Hellinism, which is Greek.
I am an Eclectic Pagan Witch. I would love to chat with you if you want someone to discuss your spiritual path with.
Feel free to message me if you'd like to chat!
2006-08-04 04:28:04 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix's Mommy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well...you sounded like me from the first part that I read anyway, I use to be a church goer and considered myself a Christian until my eyes were really opened to the hypocrisy of it all. I now do not categorize myself into any religion. I believe that many of the major religions of today all have something to offer. They all teach peace and understanding and acceptance..and I think that is something that many people are missing. It doesn't matter if one person believes there are 50 Gods and another believes there is 1 God....if each person feels spiritually fulfilled personally and are kind and accepting to others, then really who are they harming? God, the Gods....gave us a cognitive mind for a reason.... He/She/It does not want us to be brainwashed and just accept things without thinking about it...what a waste that would be....almost an insult to His/Hers/its magnificent creation... the mind.
Anyway...I am happy to see that you found what works for you. Oh, and if you want a cool book to read....it is philosophical but lots to do with religion and acceptance...read Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. It is a fiction book...but the things in it that are pasts as fact...I have looked up and are actually fact.
:)
2006-08-04 11:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one dared so far to claim creating, or being able to create, any single thing, even a hair!! The Creator and The Sustainer of all these Creatures is One only; if there were more than one there would have been confusion in the heavens and the earth! That One is Allah (the only true God).
2006-08-04 11:51:37 · answer #3 · answered by BeHappy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe than god send is onli becauten son to die for all sins and i believe there is one god the chuch i go to is the chuch of the living god in chuch you get so many love care you feel sure thas is the really true
2006-08-04 11:59:13 · answer #4 · answered by lilian2019 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God will touches your heart, in his own time, in his own way and convince u that he does exist and loves u. u could find this often in most christians who are touched through their own conversion stories. God bless :-)
2006-08-04 12:52:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No god would require you to follow him. If they are a god then they can have anything they want. Gods don't kill you for turning your back on them. And they totally wouldn't kill you in a flood if they wanted you dead.
2006-08-04 11:27:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe that there is alot more to the afterlife than what is programed into our collective mindset.(heaven,hell,nothing)there is so much more we will become.
2006-08-04 11:28:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋