by Englishman 19 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
So who are these other gods, then?
The societies literature is full of references to false gods, other gods, no gods before me, ad nauseum.
The Kingdom Squalidies also make frequent referals to "other gods". "Feared above all gods is he...."
But this other god thang is such a none issue!
How many of us here worship "other gods"? How many worshipped "other gods" before becoming converted to the witness religion?
It's just so dumb.
Englishman.
How many of us here worship "other gods"? How many worshipped "other gods" before becoming converted to the witness religion?It's just so dumb.
*cough* *cough*
What is dumb? Worshipping other gods or the whole idea that there are other gods?
I believe that all gods are aspects or reflections of the "One God" and moreover they are the human interpretation of these aspects or qualities.
Therefore I don't have a problem praying to, or speaking to, a Goddess. Jehovah is a god, IMO, one of the many, but his (Yahweh's - if you can count yahweh as Jehovah...whole other matter) followers tried to claim that he was the only true God.
The One God or the ALL isn't in any form that we can interpret. Therefore we have all these gods springing up from different countries / belief systems, who are either "seen" as animal or in human form, because that is the best way for us to understand them.
Take the ancient egyptians, their gods had animal aspects to show the god's qualities, and of course the animal chosen was based on ancient egyptian thought.
Therefore, the bible (and WTS) say that Jehovah is the One true God because of their own belief system at the time and it was necessary to maintain one belief system or they'd mix theirs with other nations.
Sirona
I'm pretty much of the same mind as Sirona on this issue. I was ready to put my thoughts down, and then, on a hunch, read her comments and found that my words pretty much would have echoed hers.
Terri
Just thought i'd step in and take a bow.
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First off, I have no personal opinion about God, or Gods, or Godesses. I respect each and every one of your views about that.
But I do agree that the society speaking of "Other Gods" is just dumb, cuz at the same time they preach that there is only One God.... Thats just weird.
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Viv
Thanks for clarifying, I think I get what Eman was saying.
The bible seems to have gods categorised - there are false gods mentioned in the bible. Then there is The One True God. The worst part is the WTS calling Jesus "a god". Is Jesus a false god?
Maybe someone will explain the bible's use of different terms of different types of god or something.
Sirona
I'm afraid to even research this, Mike, as I fear it would just enrage Jehovah in jealousy. We all know what happened the last time I did that.
Jehovah and all the other dieties down through the ages have been personified and given human qualities such as "jealous, vengful, loving, ad naseum," Some would add "racist, nationalistic, bigoted". Surely, if the scripture is correct that noone has ever seen (probably heard as well) God and lived to tell it, then the stories in various scriptures are human projections and definitions that suit the various needs and prejudices of the authors. Hence, they become different dieties, with different names and attributes. Even language seems to set appart people over God. Most here would think Muslims are talking about a different god when they use Allah, but the term is simply God in Arabic. That He has different attributes described by Muhammed does not make Allah different that Jehovah or Arjuna. Allow me to use a simple anology. If we look at the sun we will all pretty much describe it the same way, but each of us given a colored piece of glass to look at the sun through, we will all describe it differently, uniquely claiming our understanding to be "thee truth" and the "true God". The colored glass of culture and early training, gives us all "rose colored glasses" about that which we see.
carmel
I remember one interpretation by an elder giving a talk concerning when the deciples asked Jesus about God. Jesus said, "Look around you." The elder stated that Jesus was saying "the beauty they saw in the trees, landscape, etc." was the beauty of god.
How about Jesus pointing out to the deciples that everything they see, EVERYTHING, is God. Perhaps god is in everyone of us, in every electron of every atom of every molecule of everything. This is how I feel.
As humans we feel the need to see everything. Ala, Buda, Jehovah, Jesus, the Sun... human feel the need to materialize. Many people across the globe speak to one god with the many names they give her, him, it...
Bryan
Oh, and remember what they told us that "anything" that we gave our attention to, that might take away from meetings or service......these things like TV, telephones, movie theaters, jobs, travel, etc? These could become "gods" if we put them ahead of the kingdom.
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