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Out of sheer curiosity, I noticed many answered referring to the Christian god. What about ALL gods?
2007-09-20 04:48:56 · 18 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sherr....sorry but as a Heathen I STRONGLY disagree with that.
2007-09-20 05:02:14 · update #1
Your gods are nicer I think.
2007-09-20 04:52:44 · answer #1 · answered by Armless Joe, Bipedal Foe 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Well, I'm an atheist, and yeah, I mostly complain about the Christians. Why? Probably because I live in the US. I'm not a big fan of Islam either, for exactly the same reasons I'm not a fan of Christianity - mainly, the dogmatism, exclusivity and bigotry. And yeah, Muslims have been getting a lot of press since 9/11 and with the Iraq War, but it's still true that on a daily basis, the Christians are the ones who are providing most of the irritation from where I'm sitting.
2007-09-20 11:55:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
That's an interesting question.
To be honest, I would say that it was the God that I "knew" as a child. The "God" that I grew up believing in. (The Christian God.) The idea of this all-powerful being that actually loved us and would take us all to live with him in Heaven where we would be happy forever was obviously a very appealing idea. At the time, I didn't know any other gods, so there was no desire for them.
Now, of course, I know more about those other gods, and I know more about the Christian "God".
2007-09-20 12:05:08 · answer #3 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you tend to default to the monotheistic God because it's conceptually different than the polytheistic one.
Polytheistic gods are more like patron saints in Christianity; they're invoked for specific reasons. I don't know what polytheism would be like. But no, I don't wish there were really a farming god or anything like that.
2007-09-20 11:54:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not that much of a problem with them, Greek, Roman, Hindu, Norse, Taino, Native American, and African tend to have their quarrels ammong themselfs involving less humans than Judaist, Islam and Christian gods.
2007-09-20 11:55:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Islamic and Jewish gods aren't all that good either.
Some other religions did some kind of benevolent gods that might not be too much trouble but I don't miss them myself.
2007-09-20 11:55:24 · answer #6 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as mentioned in the posted question- I did actually explore this option. I was mildly interested in Wicca for a very long time- it seemed to have a very cool spiritual concept to it... but then spirituality kind of didn't work for me either. I guess I was too much of a computer nerd to care or something.
2007-09-20 11:54:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Her question implies the Abrahamic god. I usually use lower case for god to mean any god, or I'll say "god or gods". The same thing applies.
2007-09-20 11:52:23 · answer #8 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Like I previously answered- any god(s) that would create/allow such evil in the world SHOULD be imaginary.
2007-09-20 12:02:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is only one God
2007-09-25 15:40:51 · answer #10 · answered by simple serenity 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gods?
Come on....there are no gods. Not a single one.
Weak minds invented gods.
2007-09-20 11:55:42 · answer #11 · answered by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋