ShaggyFin
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I "believe" in multiple gods, but I would like to explain my idea of what "god" is. (and would like for you to comment with an explanation of your belief system)
First, I will start by describing MY gods. The main of which are Shiva and Pan, which come together to form the ancient "Pashupati". What "Pan" is, is wilderness. Pan is not some goat god, that lives in the woods and decides what goes on, and he is not some god in the clouds that governs what "wild" things do. Pan is the fact that wilderness exists. Pan is the ferocity of a scared animal. Pan is the hungry bear. Pan is the Tiger that decides to come into the village. But Pan is not simply "The Wilderness", Pan is also inside all of us. The is "Good" and "Bad" Pan within us all. When you love your child, you are Pan. But when you raise your hand to your child, you are also Pan. So my gods are not "Gods" as much as they are undeniable phenomenons within nature and social behavior, that I identify as "Important".
Shiva, though connected to Pan via Pashupati, is very different from Pan. Shiva is the god of men (or masculinity). He is fairly well known as the Lord of the Dance, as well as the God of Ganja and the "Good Father". This means that Shiva is "present" in the world when people use Marijuana, or when a man raises his child right, or when you lose yourself dancing. The strangest aspect of Shiva is destruction. Shiva is part of the Holy trinity: Creation, Destruction and Preservation. While all these things seem to happen separately in this universe, they are actually one in the same. Atoms are destroyed every day in the sun, so that this planet may have sunlight and energy. Plants are destroyed to sustain human life, and Cannabis is burned to bring us joy and understanding. When an old government is toppled, a new one takes its place. When a forest burns, it is because it was over crowded (when not started by a human). All destruction is a form of creation, just as creation is a form of destruction.
These are my main gods, but I have a few more. I will not get into them now, but I would like to get into my idea of the "Almighty God"...
I believe that in the Bible when they say "When two or more people gather in gods name, he is present." I personally accept that to mean that: The fact that 2 people, is a stronger force than one man alone, is a form of god.
And when the Bible says: "We are created in gods image" The are simply saying this...
1) When two (or more) people come together, each person is like a "cell organ" (ex: Mitochondria). And together, cell organs make a "cell".
2) There are many types of "cells" in this world. Groups of humans, Plants, Animals, Gases, Minerals etc. And when these "cells" come together, they form something like a tissue.
3) This tissue is what we know as "ecosystems" or "Biospheres" (such as deserts and rainforests). These "tissue" come together to create Planets, and Solar systems. Which is like Organs, such as a stomach, liver, heart etc...
4) These organs come together to form organ systems, similar to your respiratory system and circulatory system. But we call these systems "Galaxies".
5) These organ systems, or "galaxies" come together to form a complete ORGANISM or "Universe".
We know this organism as "God". But it is not listening to you. It knows about you, as much as you know about the cells in your own body. Do you cry when dead skin cells flake off? God cares just as much when we die.
But EVERYTHING we do effects god. EVERY cell organ (that's you), does what it does. And those actions come together ALL over the universe to make this universe what it is. We are all god, but we are all nothing in gods eyes (unless we happen to live in gods eyes... If he has eyes).
First, I will start by describing MY gods. The main of which are Shiva and Pan, which come together to form the ancient "Pashupati". What "Pan" is, is wilderness. Pan is not some goat god, that lives in the woods and decides what goes on, and he is not some god in the clouds that governs what "wild" things do. Pan is the fact that wilderness exists. Pan is the ferocity of a scared animal. Pan is the hungry bear. Pan is the Tiger that decides to come into the village. But Pan is not simply "The Wilderness", Pan is also inside all of us. The is "Good" and "Bad" Pan within us all. When you love your child, you are Pan. But when you raise your hand to your child, you are also Pan. So my gods are not "Gods" as much as they are undeniable phenomenons within nature and social behavior, that I identify as "Important".
Shiva, though connected to Pan via Pashupati, is very different from Pan. Shiva is the god of men (or masculinity). He is fairly well known as the Lord of the Dance, as well as the God of Ganja and the "Good Father". This means that Shiva is "present" in the world when people use Marijuana, or when a man raises his child right, or when you lose yourself dancing. The strangest aspect of Shiva is destruction. Shiva is part of the Holy trinity: Creation, Destruction and Preservation. While all these things seem to happen separately in this universe, they are actually one in the same. Atoms are destroyed every day in the sun, so that this planet may have sunlight and energy. Plants are destroyed to sustain human life, and Cannabis is burned to bring us joy and understanding. When an old government is toppled, a new one takes its place. When a forest burns, it is because it was over crowded (when not started by a human). All destruction is a form of creation, just as creation is a form of destruction.
These are my main gods, but I have a few more. I will not get into them now, but I would like to get into my idea of the "Almighty God"...
I believe that in the Bible when they say "When two or more people gather in gods name, he is present." I personally accept that to mean that: The fact that 2 people, is a stronger force than one man alone, is a form of god.
And when the Bible says: "We are created in gods image" The are simply saying this...
1) When two (or more) people come together, each person is like a "cell organ" (ex: Mitochondria). And together, cell organs make a "cell".
2) There are many types of "cells" in this world. Groups of humans, Plants, Animals, Gases, Minerals etc. And when these "cells" come together, they form something like a tissue.
3) This tissue is what we know as "ecosystems" or "Biospheres" (such as deserts and rainforests). These "tissue" come together to create Planets, and Solar systems. Which is like Organs, such as a stomach, liver, heart etc...
4) These organs come together to form organ systems, similar to your respiratory system and circulatory system. But we call these systems "Galaxies".
5) These organ systems, or "galaxies" come together to form a complete ORGANISM or "Universe".
We know this organism as "God". But it is not listening to you. It knows about you, as much as you know about the cells in your own body. Do you cry when dead skin cells flake off? God cares just as much when we die.
But EVERYTHING we do effects god. EVERY cell organ (that's you), does what it does. And those actions come together ALL over the universe to make this universe what it is. We are all god, but we are all nothing in gods eyes (unless we happen to live in gods eyes... If he has eyes).
