my Pagan beliefs that God (or as I prefere to say, The Divine) is manifest as The Father and The Mother? I've had many Christians tell me that Paganism is not monotheistic because I believe in a God and Goddess... yet with this argument... how is Christianity any more monotheistic? I'm not angry, just curious as to how others see this.
2006-12-03 05:16:19 · 20 answers · asked by xenomorph_girl 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To elaborate... I sense ONE Divine (whether I should be considered mono or polytheistic doesn't matter really to me.. I believe what I believe), but I do see this ONE Divine as representing itself to me as both a male and female entity. Don't know if that makes sense, but maybe it gives you a better idea of how I see things.
2006-12-03 05:23:46 · update #1
I honestly believe God has no Gender; Jesus calls him the father to show he in in charge over everything as the head of his family - Just as "Fathers" were in charge of their families in Jesus' time.
God plays many roles in our lives - As Father - he has created all things. As the son - he brought us salvation and taught us how to live. As the Holy Spirit - he continues to provide us with guidance through our conscience
2006-12-03 05:24:23 · answer #1 · answered by edivine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hm I would have to think about that and know more about your meaning to answer you. My personal belief is that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one. I believe the Father is pure creative energy and appeared in the form of the Son so that people could see and hear on their own level and make contact with the creative force. Do you believe there are actually two identities - A God and A Goddess or are you saying that God has the attributes of both mother and father. If you believe in two entities, then it would not be monotheistic would it?
2006-12-03 13:32:31 · answer #2 · answered by neptune 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your point is valid...to say that God exists as the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost is just as polytheistic as any other religion that worships more than one god.
Isaiah 43:10-13: "YOU are my witnesses,” is the utterance of Jehovah, “even my servant whom I have chosen, in order that YOU may know and have faith in me, and that YOU may understand that I am the same One. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there continued to be none. 11 I—I am Jehovah, and besides me there is no savior.”
12 “I myself have told forth and have saved and have caused [it] to be heard, when there was among YOU no strange [god]. So YOU are my witnesses,” is the utterance of Jehovah, “and I am God. 13 Also, all the time I am the same One; and there is no one effecting deliverance out of my own hand. I shall get active, and who can turn it back?”
The following Scripture is speaking of two separate individuals, not equal in stature.
1 Corinthians 8: 5 & 6: "For even though there are those who are called “gods,” whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many “gods” and many “lords,” 6 there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him; and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are, and we through him.
However, although there is One God, there, also, is his Son...Jesus Christ, and the holy spirit (God's active force). All three do exist and have a place in our worship...but to believe that they all three exist as one God, and should be worshiped as one is not correct. Jesus said to Satan...
Matthew 4: 10: "Then Jesus said to him: “Go away, Satan! For it is written, ‘It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.’”
Satan here had been trying to tempt Jesus by offering him all the kingdoms of the world. There is no way that anything Satan could offer would tempt God because God created it all. It already all belongs to God, even though he has allowed Satan this time to rule this system of things.
So the belief in 3 entities being equal and sharing Godship is in reality, polytheism, you are right. However, put in their proper place in worship, and recognizing who and what they are makes it much less confusing. Then when one says they are monotheistic it is true.
Revelation 4:11: "“You are worthy, Jehovah, even our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created.”
2006-12-03 14:18:39 · answer #3 · answered by wannaknow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok so as a Christian.. we sense one ultimate Divinebeing as GOD... and he manifests as Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
You sense a Divine that manifests as mother and father and gods and goddesses...
So we are very similar.. We believe in one ultimate power.. that manifests as many....
The manifests are intetercessors... sent by the ultimate power... and since the ultimate power created it all.. then it makes sense to see that they are all a part of the Ultimate power...
Haha and you are right it is hard to put into words
2006-12-03 13:32:46 · answer #4 · answered by Heather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You yourself said that you believe in a god and goddess, but we just believe in God. Nobody can really understand how he can be The Father, Son and Holy Spirit all at one time, but we just need to wait until God explains it to us in person. We as Christians see God in 3 ways, not 3 different gods. You see there being a different person (at least how i understood it)
2006-12-03 13:21:21 · answer #5 · answered by jbauersgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, ok you see your god as being 2 ppl into one, ( mother and father god )
The christians see God ( our sovieriegn supreme father) as being 3 ppl in one ( the father,the ghost, and the holy spirit )
God created the universe and all that is living, including lucifer aka the devil aka satan aka paganism
The devil was once an angel, and went bad so was cast from the
heavens above, to be cast unto the middle of the planet for his sufference.
the devil has no mother figure in paganism, never has
god is the god of all natural and divine, paganism is therefore
wrong to practice and belief in.
just my thoughts but hey i love our god, the only true god there will ever be ,,,,, Amen
2006-12-03 13:30:28 · answer #6 · answered by rockin_aussie_radio 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, Christians believe that the three... The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one and the same.
The trinity is one.
They believe in a trinity of sorts for the Devil as well, Satan, Demons and the Antichrist.
2006-12-03 13:22:09 · answer #7 · answered by Put on your boxing gloves boys! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What they are trying to say is that you believe in a God and a Goddess. Depending on the branch of Christianity who happens to be spewing the lies that you are listening too, the trinity is all one being in three manifestations.
2006-12-03 13:18:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Trinity is of one substance and one nature but a difference of persons he is still God just kind of 3 manifestations your believe is that there are two Gods and you group them as mother and father making them different genders which God doens't have a gender.
2006-12-03 13:24:02 · answer #9 · answered by Borinke 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who am I to say that we are not all worshiping a central God? Be it Pagan, Christian, Hindi, or otherwise. I believe we are all connected, and owe it to each other to help one another, religious difference aside. We are all human beings, deserving respect. I cannot disregard anyone's religious preference, since I do not have all of the answers, and am just seeking harmony with my fellow human.
2006-12-03 13:32:44 · answer #10 · answered by Battlerattle06 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋