Love this thread. It's such a great topic and at the heart of my interests in the Spiritual.
Karen Armstrong, in her book 'A History of God' writes:
"Men and women started to worship gods as soon as they became recognizably human; they created religions at the same time as they created works
of art."
Sigmund Freud, whom I really don't like much, had this to say in his book 'Moses and Monotheism':
"Religious intolerance was inevitably born with the belief in one God".
Jonathan Kirsch, in his book 'God Against the Gods' wrote:
On September 11, 2001, we were reminded once again of the real meaning of the 3000-year-old conflict between monotheism and polytheism. The men
who hijacked and crashed four civilian airliners were inspired to sacrifice their own lives, and to take the lives of several thousand "infidels"
because they had embraced the simple but terrifying logic that lies at the heart of monotheism: if there is only one god, if there is only one right
way to worship that god, then there is only one fitting punishment for failing to do so - death.
Personally, I believe in the Creator. If one needs to call the Creator a God, then that is fine with me and I won't argue, BUT, I feel it's a step
towards 'humanizing' the Creator. When I think of the Creator, I have no idea what it is, whether man, woman, beast or even a corporeal entity. I
simply don't know and prefer to leave it at that.
That the Creator also made Lesser Beings to help us in our daily lives
on earth is also something that I believe in. It gives us 'contact' to
the creator through personal Divine Entities. Nothing wrong with it and there are multitudes of them still active wthin the minds of humankind.
I even wrote a poem begging for their return to our consciousness:
-Justice-
Return to us from ancient time, oh
Son of Saturn;
Aritron the alchemist, who
squeezed coal into diamond eyes
to set into the grey sockets
of his stone children.
-Reward-
Regard our plight, oh
Son of Jupiter;
Bethor the medium, who
bartered among the spirits
to bestow longivity and power
to the worthy.
-Defence-
Strengthen our arms, oh
Son of Mars;
Phaleg the warrior, who
hardened the resolve of soldiers
through the battle madness
and on to honour.
-Trade-
Weigh down our treasury, oh
Solar Son;
Och the wise, who
brought gold to the world
establishing value in the scales
and to our eyes.
-Love-
Drop the veil so we may see, oh
Child of Beauty;
Hagith the lover, who
enchanted men and women
with spirit servants guiding
our fingers entwining.
-Knowledge-
Teach us so we may learn, oh
Son of Mercury;
Ophiel the messenger, who,
as holder of the philosophers stone,
created grand artistic wonders
through our crafty fingers.
-Peace-
Never leave us, oh
Son of Luna;
Phul the gatekeeper, who
whispers to the Goddesses.
Giver of silver and water spirits
to heal our aching minds.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
As to whether this thread belongs in a place other than the Crypto forum, I have this other poem of mine to offer:
With humble hobblings,
a congo line began
Ratcheting up to wild youthful circlings,
I am a bird of prey upon the world
descending in maturity to
a snake dance confined
within a 13 foot circle
upon cleansed ground
with wisdoms groaning load
plodding, plotting
to kill the Minotaur
and save the maiden
at the end of unravelled string.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Edit to correct apostrophic calamaties
[edit on 30/10/09 by masqua]
[edit on 30/10/09 by masqua]
