The Gods--All of them! (Religion)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 00:42 (5119 days ago)

It's rare when I choose to put down my 'mask,' meaning to allow my more secret thoughts through. "All that is profound loves masks!" or so my favorite 19th century prophet would say. -I've recently been reading a translation of the Illiad; and what a profound difference it is, contrasting with the morality of the New Testament... A man loves his enemy as his equal... there is no call to God to destroy one's adversaries... in fact, the Gods often interject where it is unnecessary!-Which brings me to a genealogy: The Genealogy of the Gods!-It was once possible for a man to strive for Olympus! In fact, Alexander the Great was just such a man, driven by love of his mother to be the son of Zeus. Contrast this son of God; to Heracles; and then to Christ. Which is more noble--and why? (This is a deep question I pose to you... I find satisfaction in all!)-Gods to men used to represent psychological states--if one was in ecstasy, you were in the throes of Dionysus! If you were ruthless on the battlefield; you had the spite of Ares or Odin upon you. -Gods represent forms for men; we identify men according to their forms. But this changed with Judaism. God was no longer something that was remotely Mortal... he was now something distant to be obeyed... and while God in the Old Testament was one who clearly favored Judas over another... this was meant to be fixed by Christ; or really, by Paul through Christ, who declared that the law no longer applied to Gentiles...-No one can argue that the morality espoused by Christ is probably one of the greatest idealistic triumphs of man. The example is one that has become so ingrained into our culture, that one can hardly fathom of an age where a man literally made his own morals as he saw fit--the idea of the Greek Champion is anathema to our civilized ways. -But the genealogy is this: When God was clearly representative of psychological states... how does God become an explanation for the universe? When we go back to Genesis, only 2 of 50 chapters is devoted to creation; clearly, this was NOT the overarching goal of the book. God was NOT the center of the world in THAT way. God was something deeper... more... delicatesse!-I leave you with this question: Why do we only value our weak gods?

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"