different ways of defining divinity.
May 21, 2009 at 6:38 am
(This post was last modified: May 21, 2009 at 6:40 am by Everyman's Prey.)
Hi all,
As you can tell my affliation is Polytheist. Being a Polytheist in a mainly christian/christian influenced society I often find that most people are unaware that not everyone conceives of a god in a way different from that abrahamnic religions. It's interesting the reaction I get from people both theist and atheist when I tell them I do not believe that gods necessarily have to be all seeing and all knowing. People with in my particular group commonly think of the Gods as simply beings that are older and wiser then us. But not necessarily perfect or all powerful.
I'm wondering how do people here define the concept of a god?
In my opinion a god is simply a an spirit that helps a person or community.
I think there are varying levels of Gods. Small Gods who handle more localized affairs and big Gods who take care of things on a higher level.
As you can tell my affliation is Polytheist. Being a Polytheist in a mainly christian/christian influenced society I often find that most people are unaware that not everyone conceives of a god in a way different from that abrahamnic religions. It's interesting the reaction I get from people both theist and atheist when I tell them I do not believe that gods necessarily have to be all seeing and all knowing. People with in my particular group commonly think of the Gods as simply beings that are older and wiser then us. But not necessarily perfect or all powerful.
I'm wondering how do people here define the concept of a god?
In my opinion a god is simply a an spirit that helps a person or community.
I think there are varying levels of Gods. Small Gods who handle more localized affairs and big Gods who take care of things on a higher level.
