Hello, all:
Fellow Pagans, when Christians say that we worship the creation and not the Creator, do you think this is accurate? If so, why? If not, why not?
Thank you to everyone who takes the time to respond.
2007-12-06 12:34:29 · 29 answers · asked by prairiecrow 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think the problem with Christians and their view of nature versus ours is that the Bible tells them they RULE over nature. I really don't believe they can understand how someone can revere nature as an extension of Divinity and as something sacred. Therefore, they interpret our reverence and respect for nature as worship, when it's really not.
I love and respect trees. But I reach out to the Goddess and the God when I need help with something.
)O(
2007-12-06 12:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
I definitely do not worship "the creation" as they define it. A tree is a just a tree. It has no intelligence. Why would I worship it? I wish they understood how absurd they sound to us when they say that. Seriously, I can't even figure out what they think I'm worshipping when they say that.
I wouldn't say I worship "the Creator" either. First, I don't believe in a single creator. Second, I don't believe creation was a neat and tidy process where a being or beings looked around and said "Hey, it's really empty here. Let's make something!" My best guess is that the gods and the physical world came into existence at the same time.
2007-12-07 00:38:34 · answer #2 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I (not being Christian so Pagan by default) worship both. It seems silly just to worship one or the other.
If one worships a creator with no understanding of what they created, what good is that?
Adversely, worshiping the creation but having no respect for the creator is strange to me. Why would one have respect for the Mona Lisa, but not DaVinci?
If some Christians indeed say that we all worship the Creation and not the Creator, the speakers in question are ignorant. almost every religion attributes the creation of almost anything to a creator.
2007-12-06 20:50:32 · answer #3 · answered by Ambiguity 3 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I worship the Lord and Lady (in all their aspects) but protect, respect and have reverence for their creation. If we don't take care of and respect what they have made, then we're not respecting them. So when told that I worship the creation and not the creator, I tell them that's a load of crap and they should do some more studying about what they're slamming to get all the facts before they start.
2007-12-07 09:52:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm not a Pagan, but I do have some pagan leanings.
I think it depends upon the Pagan path one is on, for starters, but I do not see where the creation ends and the creator begins.
2007-12-07 15:06:30 · answer #5 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not true.
We respect the Creation and Worship the Creator. We don't worship nature because it did not create us. Our Gods created us and that's that.
It's another example of a smear campaign by the christians, who, btw, follow a religion based on fables, and a religion that was stolen from the Pagans in the first place.
2007-12-07 00:42:25 · answer #6 · answered by Meatwad 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That is entirely incorrect. We as Pagans tend to see divinity in all things, places and people. I find it odd that Christians insist on divorcing the creation from the creator. They attribute all of the material world to being Satan's domain. How odd. It is no surprise to me how often people forget their own divine spark and allow themselves to fall into all kinds of damaging habits and relationships when they hold the belief that they are somehow separate from divinity, or else that they are so holy that somehow they are not a part of the natural world. It is all one to me.
Doug Woods Wrote a children's book called, "Old Turtle". I think that sums it up for me.
2007-12-07 16:21:17 · answer #7 · answered by Glee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inaccurate in the extreme.
The gods came after the world created itself. To worship the creation not the creator means to acknowledge a creator and worship what it has created, it also means we worship EVERYTHING except said creator.
How very silly.
Here, Prarie, I've got this tea tray, I guess we'd all best get to worshipping it as it's not the creator.
Bah Bug and Hum.
2007-12-06 21:52:21 · answer #8 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It's not accurate, but I also don't "worship" in the traditional sense anyway.
As an animist, I believe all life has Spirit, and we are all connected. I don't have that same belief in greater-than/less-than which is prevalent in the monotheistic middle-eastern oriented belief system.
Everything I do is sacred. I honor all other beings as part of the web.
Most christians cannot fathom these concepts, and simply quote from their scripture, rather than making an attempt to understand others.
2007-12-07 13:09:09 · answer #9 · answered by Kallan 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
According to my tradition, it's TRUE. the Creator doesn't CARE about being worshipped. The creator is ONLY concerned with creating. the creator gave us Goddes and God for us to worship so Creator wouldn't have to be bothered with all the baggage that comes with being worshipped and get distracted from CREATING. If, in our relationship with Goddess and God it becomes necessary that somethng be brought to Creator's attention the Goddes or God will bring it to Creator's attention, themselves. Everything else is in THEIR jurisdiction to handle. I think they do a good job of it and am happy with things that way. Who cares how others view it?
Brightest Blessings,
Raji the Green Witch
2007-12-06 23:38:55 · answer #10 · answered by Raji the Green Witch 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋