2007-04-02 03:56:54 · 23 answers · asked by chocolategirl 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ah. I'd wondered where you'd run off too. First, a question of my own: Why do you even bother asking these questions? You've already asked several questions in this vein, most of them poorly. Most of them come back with similar answers. Methinks it's time to move on.
As for your question: Most believe in several deities, gods and goddesses. Some even believe in Jehova - but, of the ones who do, very few follow him, for a variety of reasons.
I'm sorry if you don't believe there are goddesses; I hope you'll excuse those of us who know better, having interacted with them.
2007-04-02 07:22:56 · answer #1 · answered by ArcadianStormcrow 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're misinformed, people have worshiped Goddesses since religion began, and you have the nerve to say there's no such thing as a Goddess because it says so in your 2000 yr. old book? Pagans were worshiping the Goddess before written language existed baby, fact.
2007-04-04 05:57:43 · answer #2 · answered by Y!Antichristos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is your opinion, and I respect it.
However, I believe that the Goddess is real, just like the God, but that is my opinion. I worship the Goddess and she is so beautiful and good to me, that I cannot deny her loving existence.
I invite you to study about Paganism with open heart. Not with the preconceived notions imposed by Christian leaders. Maybe you will be able to learn in what we believe, and why women are so special among us.
2007-04-02 04:24:08 · answer #3 · answered by David G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're referring to the Christian God, you might want to differentiate between "belief" and "worship".
I'm Asatru and I honor the Aesir and Vanir.
The honoring of my ancestral Gods does not preclude acknowledging the existence of the God of Israel.
As for a Goddess, there are many. Not just one.
There WAS one in the pre-Judaic Hebrew traditions before they turned it into the androgynous "Holy Spirit". Hard patriarchial societies will do that.
2007-04-02 04:37:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is ignorance of other people's belief. You yourself are in a religion that you cannot back up with fact or evidence. It's a matter of choice that you beleive it, and you should respect those that do not, or beleive something else. Your religion tries to praise the virtue of loving others and peace. This should come ABOVE your belief in God. Imagine a world in which God doesn't exist and it is proven without any doubt (this is hyperthetical don't come down on me) would you still live a good life? Isn't the idea of helping other people and doing good things still a virtue to strive for even if there isn't someone giving you pat on the back for doing it once your dead? The point this is trying to make is that what you worship shouldn't decide you to ignore people that are doing identical things to you in trying to live a good life, just wearing different clothes or saying a different name at the end of their prayers.
Sometimes iwish people would just worry about the world they can see rather than throw mud at people debating the "other" world.
2007-04-02 04:05:14 · answer #5 · answered by jleslie4585 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Umm im Pagan and i believe in many Gods and Goddesses. Oh you mean Jehova? I believe he was a demon, and his son was not divine. I have a close connection to Isis, Osiris, Tyr, Baldur, Fenrir, Cormyr, Camir, and some other Gods and Goddesses nobody has ever heard of.
2007-04-02 04:02:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Actually, Gods don't have genitals. Why would they need them? They are creatures of spirit able to create at will. Insisting that they have specific genders implies that they need to bump uglies to create.
Further, Pagans DO believe in God. We just believe in more than one (generally) and assigning gender to a God is arbitrary. We just do that to make ourselves feel better, to understand them better.
2007-04-05 09:12:19 · answer #7 · answered by kaplah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I follow God.... just not your God.
PROVE there isn't a Goddess. lol!!! Claims like these never cease to amaze me. If someone told you that your God doesn't exist, there's no such thing.... what would you say? ROFL!!!!
2007-04-02 04:54:31 · answer #8 · answered by Kithy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do, just not the same one you do. I worship many gods and goddesses. The universe exists in a balance, light/dark, soft/hard, male/female.
2007-04-02 04:10:58 · answer #9 · answered by Momofthreeboys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, your male god Yahweh used to have a wife/consort, the goddess Ashera (The Tree of Life). the high priesthood did away with Her because they considered Her increasing popularity to be a threat to their male dominated patriarchal hierarchy.
2007-04-02 04:07:15 · answer #10 · answered by nebtet 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋