Hey Everyone,
So this might be a bit heavy for a casual blog hopper who may be reading this, but I really feel like getting these thoughts off my chest right now. I just have a lot of feelings about this particular subject and I want to talk about it. This is in no way formal, just a few of my thoughts that I need to get down somewhere. I want to talk about "God."
The reason I put "God" in quotes is because I'm not necessary referring to God in the Christian sense, or in any specific religious sense. Let me start by telling you that I am Pagan. I am a studying eclectic Celtic Neo-Pagan, only practicing minimally. I have been studying solo for a little over three years now, and I still have so much to learn. I don't think I'll be able to refer myself as practicing with confidence until I am at least part of a coven. Now let me explain what my type of Paganism entails. I cannot speak for every Pagan, so do not take this article as thus. Every Pagan is different and believes in different things, but we all believe in the divinity of the Earth. I personally have a dualist view. I believe in a Mother Goddess and a Father God who represent all the feminine and masculine aspects of the Earth respectively. And that's enough information for now, maybe I'll get into it more in another post.
So the point of this post is to talk about "God." For me, my God and Goddess represent all forms of deities that anyone prays to. I just pray to them in this form, other pray to them in another form. Thus, I have no reason to think that my God and Goddess are any better or more worthy than your deities, because your deities are aspects of mine. I do not want to toot my own horn, but I often wonder why others do not think in this way. Just because your God has one name and someone else's has another, is there no way that they can be the same?
And then you get into some religions that recognize the fact that they worship the same God, but think that everyone else is doing it wrong. Religions such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam. That is something I do not understand. How can you worship a God wrong? Why would a God spell out how you should worship them to some people one way, and then change it for others? That makes no sense to me. Shouldn't we be happy that people are worshiping a God in the first place! And the same one, for these religions. (I have no problems with Atheists, just to clarify.)
I guess my biggest problem is people thinking their God or deity is better than anyone else's. That they worship them better, that their God loves them more, etc. What makes you so special that you know exactly what to do and God just loves the heck out of you for it? No one knows what to do. We're all just muddling through this religion thing, hoping we're doing it right. I mean, I think I am doing it right. When I feel the presence of the divine, I almost know I'm doing it right. But whose to say I'm not crazy? My point is, your God is no better than mine and you are no better than me for worshiping who you worship, and vice versa. I think everyone should just get along and respect each others beliefs. But we all know that's never going to happen.
- Jenna
*God is capitalized throughout this post for practicality, among other reasons
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