Sun and Moon represent God and Goddess?

Question

How does this statement affect you?

Answer 1

Apollo and Diana? No problem.

Answer 2

Pagan stuff, St francis of assissi
who is the patron saint of animals,
was a hippy dude, they called him brother son and his girly sister moon.
He was very wealthy so got away with more than most. Laughing even. Founded the order of St. Francis. So the sun and the moon
I guess represent. A lot of christianity is taken from pagan Rome and greece, land of many gods and moons. The popes garb is just like they wore in 300 AD, so all after him look like they are in drag. So the way they hold their cigarettes is really fey. The sun was worshiped by the Aztec and the Inca, until Pizzaro made them christians and gave them euro diseases.
Mooning on Van Nuys boulevard
started as a rebellious teen gig.
In San Clemente today, it is common to see all ages mooning the train going to LA. This is true, it is so funny cause it is true. well,good luck. oh yeah, people act weird during full moon.
Emergency rooms fill up. A hip dude wearing granny glasses was dracula.
In the full moon phase he couldnt eat cheese or he would die. He was pretty Nellie too. He wore spats. And a coat and tails even to just go to mcdonalds. Thats why he started drink blood. The meat at McDs is so gross, and the hamburgers aren't too good either. Well, its almost dawn. Here they come with that damm cheeze. And a steak.
Now that has to be a typo honey. Its stake. you cant drive a steak into my heart. Ah...just a small bite of cheeze if you please.

Answer 3

The Goddess is more of a spiritual deity, whereas the God is more physical. The moon doesn't really affect the earth as much as the sun (tides, but that's about it). Because the earth moves around the sun we get seasons. So, spiritual=goddess=moon (also because the moon was seen as feminine throughout history. 28 days for the moon to go from full moon to full moon, 28 days for a woman's cycle). physical=god=sun. The solar holidays (8 sabbats) celebrate seasons and physical changes in the earth. Esbats (moon holidays) celebrate more of a spiritual revolution. hope this helps

Answer 4

The sun has always been represented as a deity,such as Ra,etc. The Moon has mostly been represented as a male also. Bel,Marduk,and even El Allah was the old Arabic Moon god before Mohammed gave him a step up.

Answer 5

Yes, the sun and moon are symols of The God and Goddess. And I am quite comfortable with it....whichever way it concerns or expresses itself.

Answer 6

It reminds me of the connection that we have that exists before and apart from the languages and differences that separate us.

In Christianity we combine the feminine into Jesus, Mary, and the Holy Spirit usually, but there is also Sophia (Wisdom) and the lunar cycle. The life of Jesus, for us, corresponds to a solar cycle (Easter, Pentecost, Advent, Christmas) and, as with Osiris or Apollo, Jesus brings life and light and blesses the fields and the seas with abundance, and so on.

Answer 7

Frankly I don't care. Why can't God be our mother/father God. Why can't the sun and moon represent deities when others use a cross for their symbol, and in the early Christian years they used the sign of a fish drawing? It just doesn't matter.
peace

Answer 8

in asatru it's the opposite. sun is feminine and moon is masculine

the statement doesn't affect me in anyway. i'm an eclectic witch and honour the sun and the moon as deity without gender

Answer 9

In Greek mythology yes......the story goes the sun marries the moon.


Look up greek mythology.....the Sun being Male ...marries the Moon Female

Answer 10

Well, if you ignore the sun, you have allah, the moon god of the muslems, which mohammed "borrowed" from the polytheistic pagans among whom he lived.

Of course, putting your trust in a god or goddess that is not, by very nature, a God (ie transcending both space and time and sits on the edge of eternity, looking down upon the entire universe as though it were a ball in the palm of His hand, and still being able to see and understand every minute detail within), that is rather foolish. Your gods and goddesses are too small!

Personally speaking, I prefer to put my trust in an infinite, yet personal God who is personally involved in my life, not some distant flaming orb in the sky that cares not one twit about the inhabitants of this planet.

Answer 11

it's certainly a traditional association, outside of a few deviations (Amateratsu as a sun goddess, etc).

I like it. it's nice, clean, clear symbolism without being loaded with any negative connotations (unless one starts picking apart the rise of patriarchy as the ascendancy of the sun god, but that can be a whole other kettle of fish).