PoetPhilosopher
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This thread is a One-on-One debate between me and Link only.
@Link :
Thank you for taking the time to talk.
I subscribe to Smartism as reality. This is a more traditional view in Hinduism of there, of course, being multiple gods.
Smarta tradition - Wikipedia
However, I believe that if one devotes their life to Krishna or Shiva, that Krishna and Shiva can become a spiritual Brahman in their lives.
One might ask how both or all can be true.
I take this view:
I take the idea that spiritual reality can be different and set apart for all. Multiple things can be true.
In the video game Cadence of Hyrule for Nintendo Switch, the worlds and dungeons are randomly generated. If I look on my screen, I could say, there's an enemy at X position of Y kind. And what I'm saying is true. However when you play the game, your reality isn't the same. I happened to, in fact, have given you bad advice on what to do in the game.
If I have to coin a term for my idea that there's different spiritual reality for all and it's almost like randomly generated dungeons there are so many realities existing and possible in the spiritual world... I will call it "Dungeon Break" for this thread.
My objections to the idea there is only one God:
If there's only one God, and he plays an active part in our lives, he is also responsible for all the chaos and cruelty in the world, that he allows. Since surely he has the power to improve things.
Should you take the belief that the devil causes it, I'd take the stance that God too allows the devil to exist.
The difference with my gods is that someone like my Shiva is indeed powerful, but I believe him indifferent except to those who actively wish to follow him. He's not a righteous god to me, just a good god with power and power over light and darkness, and a god to both Right Hand Path followers and Left Hand Path followers.
There could be some lesser gods that are benevolent and want to interfere in the world, but they, on the other hand, might be so weak, they lack the power of doing so, too. Just trying to think of multiple possibilities and scenarios.
@Link :
Thank you for taking the time to talk.
I subscribe to Smartism as reality. This is a more traditional view in Hinduism of there, of course, being multiple gods.
Smarta tradition - Wikipedia
However, I believe that if one devotes their life to Krishna or Shiva, that Krishna and Shiva can become a spiritual Brahman in their lives.
One might ask how both or all can be true.
I take this view:
I take the idea that spiritual reality can be different and set apart for all. Multiple things can be true.
In the video game Cadence of Hyrule for Nintendo Switch, the worlds and dungeons are randomly generated. If I look on my screen, I could say, there's an enemy at X position of Y kind. And what I'm saying is true. However when you play the game, your reality isn't the same. I happened to, in fact, have given you bad advice on what to do in the game.
If I have to coin a term for my idea that there's different spiritual reality for all and it's almost like randomly generated dungeons there are so many realities existing and possible in the spiritual world... I will call it "Dungeon Break" for this thread.
My objections to the idea there is only one God:
If there's only one God, and he plays an active part in our lives, he is also responsible for all the chaos and cruelty in the world, that he allows. Since surely he has the power to improve things.
Should you take the belief that the devil causes it, I'd take the stance that God too allows the devil to exist.
The difference with my gods is that someone like my Shiva is indeed powerful, but I believe him indifferent except to those who actively wish to follow him. He's not a righteous god to me, just a good god with power and power over light and darkness, and a god to both Right Hand Path followers and Left Hand Path followers.
There could be some lesser gods that are benevolent and want to interfere in the world, but they, on the other hand, might be so weak, they lack the power of doing so, too. Just trying to think of multiple possibilities and scenarios.
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