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Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 11 Nov 09

We all have such different concepts of God and I was thinking that it might be a good idea if we were to give our ideas, without judgement in any way. Do you think we can do that? I will start by saying that I don't think of God...

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garyoak86 To me evil is actually necessary sometimes, because if we didn't have evil, how could we know what good is? Without dark, how could there be a light? Without dusk, how can there be a dawn? Without negative, how can we make a positive?

13 Nov 09

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 11 Nov 09

We all have such different concepts of God and I was thinking that it might be a good idea if we were to give our ideas, without judgement in any way. Do you think we can do that? I will start by saying that I don't think of God...

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garyoak86 I don't think it's true that some of us are the children of some "devil", some of us just choose wrong paths in our life, and make wrong choices. Some people tell us it's too late to change our actions because we've committed so many sins, but this is not...

13 Nov 09

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 11 Nov 09

We all have such different concepts of God and I was thinking that it might be a good idea if we were to give our ideas, without judgement in any way. Do you think we can do that? I will start by saying that I don't think of God...

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garyoak86 This is an idea about the divine I used to have when I was a Deist. I suppose I'm still Deistic in a sense, because I still believe in using our good reason, and that the divine won't hand us everything on a silver platter. However, after finding Kemet, and...

13 Nov 09

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 11 Nov 09

We all have such different concepts of God and I was thinking that it might be a good idea if we were to give our ideas, without judgement in any way. Do you think we can do that? I will start by saying that I don't think of God...

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garyoak86 I have to say this. I as a Pagan see the divine as being dualistic, meaning it also possesses attributes that we would call evil, but we don't always see that a bad situation can turn out for the good in the end. We would call that evil. See, we as Kemetics...

13 Nov 09

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 11 Nov 09

We all have such different concepts of God and I was thinking that it might be a good idea if we were to give our ideas, without judgement in any way. Do you think we can do that? I will start by saying that I don't think of God...

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garyoak86 Bamboo I kinda see the gods as attributes of one cosmic collective one could call God. I don't see a problem if one wants to worship the divine as the collective, or as the sum of it's parts. We all have a desire to know the divine, because we have a part of...

13 Nov 09

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 11 Nov 09

We all have such different concepts of God and I was thinking that it might be a good idea if we were to give our ideas, without judgement in any way. Do you think we can do that? I will start by saying that I don't think of God...

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garyoak86 I agree. That is the highest form of service to the divine, to help our fellow man. We have a duty to each other as fellow living beings.

13 Nov 09

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 11 Nov 09

We all have such different concepts of God and I was thinking that it might be a good idea if we were to give our ideas, without judgement in any way. Do you think we can do that? I will start by saying that I don't think of God...

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garyoak86 Reading the Gnostic Gospels and Buddhist sutras might better help one understand how God is within each one of us. I recommend the Gospel of Thomas especially. "If your leaders say to you, look the kingdom is in the sky, the birds of the sky will proceed...

13 Nov 09

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 11 Nov 09

We all have such different concepts of God and I was thinking that it might be a good idea if we were to give our ideas, without judgement in any way. Do you think we can do that? I will start by saying that I don't think of God...

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garyoak86 I certainly believe God as a whole is unfathomable to the human mind. I guess that's why I as a Pagan believe God consists of many attributes, names, and persons. The sum of a whole, which I can never entirely fathom. Thinking about God in it's pure cosmic...

13 Nov 09

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Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 11 Nov 09

We all have such different concepts of God and I was thinking that it might be a good idea if we were to give our ideas, without judgement in any way. Do you think we can do that? I will start by saying that I don't think of God...

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garyoak86 Look, I am a Pagan, and I don't "use God" for personal gain. I realize there are many who misuse their belief in the divine to profit, and believe me, those people will pay the piper.

13 Nov 09

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 11 Nov 09

We all have such different concepts of God and I was thinking that it might be a good idea if we were to give our ideas, without judgement in any way. Do you think we can do that? I will start by saying that I don't think of God...

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garyoak86 Define "non-believer". Someone who doesn't suscribe to your box you put God in?

13 Nov 09

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 11 Nov 09

We all have such different concepts of God and I was thinking that it might be a good idea if we were to give our ideas, without judgement in any way. Do you think we can do that? I will start by saying that I don't think of God...

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garyoak86 Personally, the idea of someone dying for my actions bothers me. I am responsible for my own actions.

13 Nov 09

tabrezhaani69 @tabrezhaani69 (89) • India 10 Nov 09

Most of the peoples on the earth believe that their God exists but some peoples not.So those peoples who believe that god exists. Do they know that"what was their before God"?

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garyoak86 I agree that we are all born with some need to know the divine. I've even seen the children of Atheists question belief in God, and seek out a genuine relationship, but then their parents squelch it.

13 Nov 09

tambrerocks @tambrerocks (123) • United States 7 Nov 09

I have found that when people talk about GOD they always follow it up with He is this or that. Why is GOD referred to as a HE? Why not a SHE or an IT? What do you think GOD is exactly? Why do you think that?

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garyoak86 I would argue that God being referred to as "We" in he Bible could actually be more then one, but not the Trinity. I'm not a Christian, and not trying to validate the Trinity belief. What I mean is that the Tanakh (Old Testament) contains various attribute...

10 Nov 09

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tambrerocks @tambrerocks (123) • United States 7 Nov 09

I have found that when people talk about GOD they always follow it up with He is this or that. Why is GOD referred to as a HE? Why not a SHE or an IT? What do you think GOD is exactly? Why do you think that?

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garyoak86 Kemetics have a similar view of God, because we call God "Netjer", which means divine power or force. We believe this divine force consists of many names such as Ra, Heru, Aset, Nit, etc., but they are all part of one collective "God".

10 Nov 09

tambrerocks @tambrerocks (123) • United States 7 Nov 09

I have found that when people talk about GOD they always follow it up with He is this or that. Why is GOD referred to as a HE? Why not a SHE or an IT? What do you think GOD is exactly? Why do you think that?

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garyoak86 Actually in the modern world most Pagans think of men and women as total equals. The fact that we view the divine as having feminine attributes also shows that our ancestors respected women in the old religions. Some Pagan societies didn't respect women, but a...

10 Nov 09

tambrerocks @tambrerocks (123) • United States 7 Nov 09

I have found that when people talk about GOD they always follow it up with He is this or that. Why is GOD referred to as a HE? Why not a SHE or an IT? What do you think GOD is exactly? Why do you think that?

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garyoak86 Since you seem a tad more open minded alacan I will tell you that some early Christians thought the Holy Spirit was female before the Catholic Church stepped in.

10 Nov 09

cannibal @cannibal (650) • India 8 Nov 09

Well, in all honesty I don't really know what exactly Paganism is. I just know it is kind of pantheistic and also polytheistic. But it seems to be the 'buzz religion' in the west. I have also seen my Pagan myLotters. A site...

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garyoak86 I also follow a combination of Paganism and Buddhism. I follow Kemeticism and practice Mahayana Buddhism.

10 Nov 09

cannibal @cannibal (650) • India 8 Nov 09

Well, in all honesty I don't really know what exactly Paganism is. I just know it is kind of pantheistic and also polytheistic. But it seems to be the 'buzz religion' in the west. I have also seen my Pagan myLotters. A site...

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garyoak86 If you're referring to a religion such as LaVeyan Satanism, no they definitely don't represent Paganism as a whole.

10 Nov 09

cannibal @cannibal (650) • India 8 Nov 09

Well, in all honesty I don't really know what exactly Paganism is. I just know it is kind of pantheistic and also polytheistic. But it seems to be the 'buzz religion' in the west. I have also seen my Pagan myLotters. A site...

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garyoak86 1. Who worships idols? Idols are tools in worship. 2. My gods are no more false then yours.

10 Nov 09

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