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Now, about the pagans. God in any religion is something higher, perfect. Even in Buddhism, where gods are not immortal, nevertheless, the deities represent a foundation, an example to follow. In paganism, there are always many gods, and they are all perfect. Isn't that too many perfections?:) Moreover, they practically do not differ from people - except perhaps in strength and immortality. They marry, divorce, kill each other (despite their immortality?:D), plot intrigues, cheat, are jealous, and take revenge. How can a group of people who are completely incompatible with each other maintain balance in the world? With such gods, I think the end of the world would have come long ago.:)
Paganism is the oldest monotheistic religion. In paganism, God is one, and he is perfect. Since the world is what God created from himself, then the world is God, and everything in the world are gods. For example: the elements are gods, people are gods, animals are gods, but they are not Gods as the beginning of the world; they are God's creation. The fact that the gods marry, plot intrigues, and so on is an illustrative part of the real life of people-gods, which has less of a narrative or functional meaning and more of an instructive one.
Paganism is surprisingly simple and universal. For example, any pagan from Europe will understand a pagan from an African tribe. In paganism, there is no concept of proselytism, i.e., imposing one's faith on another under the guise of truth. Accordingly, there is no religious hostility or religious hatred. This is a historical fact. There is not a single known case in history of pagan tribes warring with each other on religious grounds. Everyone respected the gods of others simply because they saw them as their own gods, only with different names. And this is also because all these gods are the creation of the One God.
Now let's take the history of the Jewish religion. The entire Bible is simply filled with wars precisely on religious grounds. After a 40-year campaign, Moses was told to destroy all the inhabitants (the indigenous people) of the land of "milk and honey." There is nothing to say about how humane this "god" is.
All the psalms only talk about the ungodly, those who do not know God, and call on God himself to punish them for it.
What do we have as a result? Constant wars on religious grounds, religious hatred, intolerance, the imposition of the "true" faith by fire and sword, the Inquisition, the fight against heretics, schisms, and so on. The words of Jesus come to mind: "By their fruits you will know them." So what? These are the fruits. And what do we attribute all this to? Of course, to the "scapegoat," the enemy of mankind, the devil. It turns out that these are his dirty deeds, and not those who "rightly" honor God.
In all this, there is pride, self-satisfaction, and self-praise. "We are right, but the devil is not asleep..."
Only it seems to me that this is a logical consequence of the fact that man is "created" by God, and not "born." This is how "slaves" act, not "sons." In all this, there is a low, hypocritical, animal SLAVERY.
Настоящие герои - не те, пред кем мы преклоняемся, а те, кого мы оплевываем...[/COLOR]
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"So much has gone
and little is new"
David Bowie
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"So much has gone
and little is new"
David Bowie