trablano
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I'm coming from a christian background but for some years now I'm not only going to Jesus with prayers but also to Odin and Zeus, sometimes Krishna, sometimes Allah. I find that all of these deities are good to me and I revere them. But I have issues with the assorted myths.
Yahweh is said to have caused wars and bloodshed, Odin is said to use magic and not divine powers, Zeus is said to have raped women and Krishna and Allah also have writings ascribed to them which do not portray them as benevolent.
That's why I think the ancient writings need to be reexamined and it remains to be seen whether we can or even should rely on them, and whether we maybe need new holy writings.
I believe that the ancients did not themselves see the books as so holy. They relied more on what was going around, what people experienced with God and what they said in temples or churches or mosques. It could be said that the so-called holy books are the doom of religion, except when we're free to take the good from these writings but not the bad. In the bible there are many good portions, such as "The Lord is friendly and his goodness endures forever". But there are also many bad portions, such as "The godless need be annihilated" and such.
Isn't it easy to see that the ancients lived another life and asked different things from God? Often the gods fueled the people's nationalism. My God was supposed to be stronger and more cruel than your God, so you would not attack me with the same fierceness my God was able to bestow on our warriors. I think that's sometimes been the essence of ancient thinking.
But in reality, if you go to the Gods for real and pray to them and ask them about themselves, they are all kind and benevolent beings who have the same wishes and wills like gentle humans like Gandhi or Bonhoeffer or Ossietzky or Elvis. I'm not sure why christians still take the bible for infalllible, such a teachings is crazy because we shouldn't undo the progress we have already made.
What do you think?
Yahweh is said to have caused wars and bloodshed, Odin is said to use magic and not divine powers, Zeus is said to have raped women and Krishna and Allah also have writings ascribed to them which do not portray them as benevolent.
That's why I think the ancient writings need to be reexamined and it remains to be seen whether we can or even should rely on them, and whether we maybe need new holy writings.
I believe that the ancients did not themselves see the books as so holy. They relied more on what was going around, what people experienced with God and what they said in temples or churches or mosques. It could be said that the so-called holy books are the doom of religion, except when we're free to take the good from these writings but not the bad. In the bible there are many good portions, such as "The Lord is friendly and his goodness endures forever". But there are also many bad portions, such as "The godless need be annihilated" and such.
Isn't it easy to see that the ancients lived another life and asked different things from God? Often the gods fueled the people's nationalism. My God was supposed to be stronger and more cruel than your God, so you would not attack me with the same fierceness my God was able to bestow on our warriors. I think that's sometimes been the essence of ancient thinking.
But in reality, if you go to the Gods for real and pray to them and ask them about themselves, they are all kind and benevolent beings who have the same wishes and wills like gentle humans like Gandhi or Bonhoeffer or Ossietzky or Elvis. I'm not sure why christians still take the bible for infalllible, such a teachings is crazy because we shouldn't undo the progress we have already made.
What do you think?
