I think none of us have any answers about god and polytheism is a way to accept the right of another human being to pray to whatever god he/she believes in! Isn't peace the ultimate aim?
2006-10-05 09:29:33 · 6 answers · asked by Rajan S 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's not bad at all. And I agree, peace is indeed the ultimate aim. Some people just can't seem to get that...
2006-10-05 09:51:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, what is polytheism?
Polytheism is the belief that many forces influence us; and monotheism is the belief that one force influences us.
Everyone who thinks that they have to do as their school teacher, their mother, their boss, their friend, or their associate commands...if these people stand in the way of thinking that there is one force governing you, then you are considered to be polytheistic. That is, you submit to the belief that you are being influenced by an authoritarian force other than the one force that stands behind them all.
If, however, you are able to look behind all of these influences, and see that there is only one force operating everything, and you always aim to relate to these seemingly different influences around you as one single, perfect entity; then you are called "monotheistic."
In such a state, you relate to just one force which governs all the other forces: love.
And this force is perfect and eternal, while every other force that we perceive with our five senses is transient and leads to death.
Also, you asked: "Isn't peace the ultimate aim?"
Love is the ultimate aim, and along with it comes peace and a pleasure that doesn't have to submit to the restrictions of our five senses: an unbounded, always increasing pleasure, that comes from existing in love in its unrestricted form.
The question is, how do we achieve this sensation of unbounded love?
2006-10-05 16:54:09 · answer #2 · answered by ken w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Polytheism isn't bad! It's wonderful! The Gods are our friends, except for the ones who don't want to be.
2006-10-05 16:32:31 · answer #3 · answered by lalasnake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...look at the implications. If there were many gods, wouldn't they ALL want to be worshipped? Wouldn't they get jealous if you decided to worship someone other than them? Or, if the Greek and Roman myths have any truth, do they quarrel, or make mistakes? That doesn't sound like godly perfection, it sounds like human flaw. I don't want someone like that in control, do you?
Also, if you say that it doesn't matter what someone believes, then you are saying that no religion is really true, and none of these gods exist anyway. Doesn't that make life pointless?
To me it just doesn't work.
2006-10-05 16:36:58 · answer #4 · answered by BekaJoy 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm not a polytheist, personally, but I don't have a major problem with it. People have the right to believe in whatever they like, and that also includes the option of not believing in anything at all.
2006-10-05 16:37:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
One God = One Truth.
Truth is complete, not partial.
Relativism is false. There is but one complete truth, you may understand portions, but not total truth. God is complete Truth.
Thus many gods reveals the imperfect nature of many gods theory.
2006-10-05 16:35:07 · answer #6 · answered by Lives7 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋