Ask the Penguin! (beliefs, pagan, God, religion, Wicca)

[Storm]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

I do believe that they are all equal, I think they all have their strengths and weaknesses and that's why there are so many And since they're all equal in my mind, I don't see a real reason to have a leader or something to that effect.

Not a leader.... More of a - I don't know - source? Prime Mover, Creator, Brahman, whatever you want to call it.

Of course, I wasn't taking it any bad way

Didn't think you would, but I never fail to be surprised when people do....

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Storm

Not a leader.... More of a - I don't know - source? Prime Mover, Creator, Brahman, whatever you want to call it.

Ahh... I gotcha, sorry.

I think this would be where my Native American influence would come in: The Great Spirit. Some viewed the Great Spirit as a creator, and I think I do too. I'll be doing some more research on the Great Spirit, so hopefully after that I'll be able to provide a more indepth answer

[Booko]

Why "the Sun"?

[Storm]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

Ahh... I gotcha, sorry.

I think this would be where my Native American influence would come in: The Great Spirit. Some viewed the Great Spirit as a creator, and I think I do too. I'll be doing some more research on the Great Spirit, so hopefully after that I'll be able to provide a more indepth answer

Particularly fond of any totems? I'm closest to Thunderbird, Coyote, Raven (my son's name!), and Kokopelli.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Booko

Why "the Sun"?

Many reasons. I'm "cold-blooded" and need more heat than most people (translate that to: I get cold far too easily, I get cold in the refridgeration aisles of the supermarket, no matter how warm it gets outside!) The gods of the sun in several mythologies can represent truth and wisdom, things I hold in high regard.

A lot of pagans can agree that the Sun is represented by the Male and the Moon by the Female. Despite my being female, I feel a lot closer to masculine energies and such. One of my patron gods in a Sun God, and being his follower, I am a daughter of the Sun.

The Sun is always there, I feel so strongly connected to it that I can feel it in the deepest of night. The Sun God is my teacher, my mentor, I feel that we connect in ways that I can't even begin to type out. I love to feel the rays on me, they warm me and cheer me up when I need it.

[Panda]

Do you think your beliefs have made you a better person? Why?
When you say "Sun God" what exactly do you mean? Do you believe every star is a God? Or that they are all representations of the same Deity?

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Panda

Do you think your beliefs have made you a better person? Why?

I like to think they have, but I've really never been without beliefs so I really can't say for sure that they have made me a better person.

When you say "Sun God" what exactly do you mean? Do you believe every star is a God? Or that they are all representations of the same Deity?

When I say "Sun God" I'm talking about our star, in this solar system; and I think I have to clarify that the sun itself is not a god, but the gods are represented by the sun. I think every star could be it's own representation, it would help if those stars had habited planets though. But for where we are right now, I think that the night sky can be represented by one or several god/desses.

[Panda]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

When I say "Sun God" I'm talking about our star, in this solar system; and I think I have to clarify that the sun itself is not a god, but the gods are represented by the sun. I think every star could be it's own representation, it would help if those stars had habited planets though. But for where we are right now, I think that the night sky can be represented by one or several god/desses.

So is the sun the symbolic representation of the Gods then? It isn't actually a God but it embodies what that God means?

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Panda

So is the sun the symbolic representation of the Gods then? It isn't actually a God but it embodies what that God means?

I believe that it's representative of the sun gods throughout the lands not all of the gods. The star itself is a fusion reactor. What I see when I look in the sky, however, is a yellow ball that provides warmth among other things; and that yellow ball represents the sun god. I have this weird melding of science and spirituality. Does that help any, or did I make it worse?