Some examples relating to my posting above:
God as Female AND God as Male: (Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them) If women are also in Gods image, does this not mean that, at least partially, God is female as well as male? I dont mean that He is a hermaphrodite, but that the total of His energy is both male AND female
and perhaps Gods nature as a whole includes every other polarity? (look at this link before you completely discount what I am saying:
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61)
Other aspects of God:
Mother God: (Tons of images of God giving birth and showing mother-like qualities: As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you [Isaiah 66:13]; O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing [Matthew 23:37]; For a long time I have kept silent, I have been quiet and held myself back. But now, like a woman in childbirth, I cry out, I gasp and pant. [Isaiah 42:14], You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth. [Deuteronomy 32:18])
Father God: (mainstream Christian view of God)
Divine Child: (baby Jesus
admittedly, only some Christians believe Jesus was God instead of merely his son
)
Vengeful Storm God: (Nearly destroyed humankind once with a flood, said will later destroy them with fire. Gods promise manifests as a rainbow.)
Judgmental God (who will judge whether or not you get to go to Heaven when you die)
Loving God: (Sacrifice one and only son for humanity)
God of Healing: (In addition to giving Jesus the power to heal, God heals those who pray and believe, God gave Mother Teresa the ability to heal,
God of Mercy: (who forgives sins)
Sacrificial God: (Jesus again, this time dying on the cross for the sins of mankind)
Spiritual God: ("sovev," the transcendent form of God, meaning that he transcends the world and is not captured in the world nor by the world. Furthermore, he gave all people a spirit with which to contemplate the spiritual things of man [1Cor 2:11; Eccl 12:7] : life, morality, aesthetics, history, eternity, art, music, etc; ways to view the physical world, but not the physical world itself.)
Physical God: ("mimaly," the imminent aspect of being actively manifest in the world, who gave his form to mankind, who actively interacts with the world he created and is present everywhere within it).
Creator God: (Not only created universe and everything in it [Gen 1:31; Eccl 3:11], but gave humans the ability to do detailed work and create beautiful things [Ex 31:25].)
Yes, they are all aspects of God... BUT... cannot all pagan gods be aspects of the Christian God? EVERYTHING he has done cannot possibly be crammed into one book... so who knows if the pagan gods are also aspects of the Christian god, but under different names...