Spirits vs Gods

Unveiled Artist · Nov 22, 2015

Are spirits and gods to you interchangable in meaning?

Gods could mean anamorphic deities or just entities. Neither needs to be sources of worship.

Spirits could mean the actual force or breathe of life (etc) rather than actual individuals living on earth after death.

Sundance · Nov 22, 2015

To me, gods are one of many types of spirits.

EtuMalku · Nov 22, 2015

In my Belief System a spirit is separate from a deity

Unveiled Artist · Nov 22, 2015

DJ_sXe said:
To me, gods are one of many types of spirits.

Are there many a few types of spirits (if so, what are they?) or are there a plethera of different types of spirits, gods being one of many?

Unveiled Artist · Nov 22, 2015

EtuMalku said:
In my Belief System a spirit is separate from a deity

How so?

EtuMalku · Nov 22, 2015

Carlita said:
How so?

Hi Carlita,
Thank you for asking such an interesting question.
In our system (Luciferianism) spirit is separate from a deity in that the only deity that we will ever come to know is our higher Self which some refer to as apotheosis, self-deification, autotheism, etc.
Spirit on the other hand is in closer relation to Greek philosophy (Daimon = spirit energy), and Eastern religions where there is a creative animating force throughout the objective universe.

George-ananda · Nov 22, 2015

Carlita said:
Are spirits and gods to you interchangable in meaning?

Not really. All living things have a spirit but not all spirits are gods.

Carlita said:
Spirits could mean the actual force or breathe of life

I like that. All things have Brahman as their core.

Aset's Flames · Nov 23, 2015

Carlita said:
Are spirits and gods to you interchangable in meaning?

Gods could mean anamorphic deities or just entities. Neither needs to be sources of worship.

Spirits could mean the actual force or breathe of life (etc) rather than actual individuals living on earth after death.

No they are not to me.

I define a god or goddess as a being that is above all others.

I define spirits as a being that is composed of energy and spirit.

Thief · Nov 23, 2015

Carlita said:
Are spirits and gods to you interchangable in meaning?

Gods could mean anamorphic deities or just entities. Neither needs to be sources of worship.

Spirits could mean the actual force or breathe of life (etc) rather than actual individuals living on earth after death.

How about.....
Spirit is the life force having a personality....a character.
a god has ability greater than others around him.

rusra02 · Nov 23, 2015

Carlita said:
Are spirits and gods to you interchangable in meaning?

Gods could mean anamorphic deities or just entities. Neither needs to be sources of worship.

Spirits could mean the actual force or breathe of life (etc) rather than actual individuals living on earth after death.

I believe there is only one true God. (John 17:3) All other spirits are creations of Jehovah. The Bible reveals some of these spirit sons have rebelled against God while many more serve God faithfully. (Daniel 7:9,10, Revelation 12:7-9)

Unveiled Artist · Nov 23, 2015

Thief said:
How about.....
Spirit is the life force having a personality....a character.
a god has ability greater than others around him.

A personality like person?

Is god an entity? Another type of spirit? What is he composed of, I guess, that would make god exist beyond a description?

Unveiled Artist · Nov 23, 2015

rusra02 said:
I believe there is only one true God. (John 17:3) All other spirits are creations of Jehovah. The Bible reveals some of these spirit sons have rebelled against God while many more serve God faithfully. (Daniel 7:9,10, Revelation 12:7-9)

Is god an entity? A "someone" that exist beyond the bible's definition of him?

Is a spirit a person? Someone or thing of human attributes like that of Saddom and Gommorah, or?

Unveiled Artist · Nov 23, 2015

Aset's Flames said:
No they are not to me.

I define a god or goddess as a being that is above all others.

I define spirits as a being that is composed of energy and spirit.

Is this being anamorphic ("physically" existing a part frok definition?" What is the definition of being?

I know I have two def. of spirit: the breathe of life which is separate than spirit as a person living beyons death.

As energy, would that be the "breathe" of life or is it defined differently?

Unveiled Artist · Nov 23, 2015

George-ananda said:
Not really. All living things have a spirit but not all spirits are gods.

I like that. All things have Brahman as their core.

Is Brahman described as a being or is it the same as the "breathe" of life? Or energy behind life?

Jainarayan · Nov 23, 2015

Carlita said:
Are spirits and gods to you interchangable in meaning?

No, The Gods are the Gods, the spirits are the spirits. Spirits include our ancestors, and other beings that inhabit this world, such as land, water and house spirits but they are not the Gods. The Gods are far older, wiser and more powerful. To the best of my knowledge no ancestor or other spirit has ever been deified or considered a deity.

Unveiled Artist · Nov 23, 2015

EtuMalku said:
Hi Carlita,
Thank you for asking such an interesting question.
In our system (Luciferianism) spirit is separate from a deity in that the only deity that we will ever come to know is our higher Self which some refer to as apotheosis, self-deification, autotheism, etc.
Spirit on the other hand is in closer relation to Greek philosophy (Daimon = spirit energy), and Eastern religions where there is a creative animating force throughout the objective universe.

In this case a deity is not a being but a way to describe our higher self as an enlightened Buddhist would be a Buddha?

HekaMa'atRa · Nov 23, 2015

No, they are two separate things in my religion. One is a divine being and the other the "living soul" of a person or animal who has reached the Afterlife.

Unveiled Artist · Nov 23, 2015

Thorbjorn said:
No, The Gods are the Gods, the spirits are the spirits. Spirits include our ancestors, and other beings that inhabit this world, such as land, water and house spirits but they are not the Gods. The Gods are far older, wiser and more powerful. To the best of my knowledge no ancestor or other spirit has ever been deified or considered a deity.

I believe how you define spirit one hundred percent. Unless Im corrected, Santeros venerate (worship?) ancestors called Egun. They do so before worshiping the Orisha (spirits of Ashe of the water, land, etc). Through them, they worship God the Creator. A very deistic faith.

Are gods beings? If so, that would make more sense of the being/personlike to be "older". If they arent diefied spirits, what are they?

Unveiled Artist · Nov 23, 2015

HekaMa'atRa said:
No, they are two separate things in my religion. One is a divine being and the other the "living soul" of a person or animal who has reached the Afterlife.

A being like a person? Someone? How would you describe being? Always confused of what being is, how does one say, made out of.

HekaMa'atRa · Nov 23, 2015

Carlita said:
A being like a person? Someone? How would you describe being? Always confused of what being is, how does one say, made out of.

I would describe 'being' as an intelligent, conscious, self-aware entity.

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