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Not the Sort of Religion I Would Invent
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| Jul 03, 2016
| Silverio Gonzalez
Posted on 07/04/2016 8:48:46 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Zionist Conspirator
Actually the Eden theme does not linger on in the Indo-European religions, nor in other non-Semitic religions as far as I know. The Sumerians (who I believe were Elamo-Dravidian) believed in a primordial egg, while Hindu beliefs I believe are heavily tinged by long relation with Christianity, Manichaenism, Islam
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posted on
07/05/2016 4:06:53 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
To: Ketill Frostbeard; Gamecock; Zionist Conspirator
Ketill - Odin/Woden and other Nordic deities were more deities who you placated to keep them away from you, or to take possession of your body during battle. The Germanic gods don't have any tales in which they help humans out of any sense of duty, leave alone love. So, unless this was a battle hymn you prayed, I wonder how you would associate this with the Nordic deities
you then say "nordic father", "saint", "godling", "bodhisattva" -- all four are utterly different. The "NOrdic father" or allfather was Woden/Odin -- hardly a god one pled with, he was pretty nasty, you just tried to placate him to keep him far from you. "Saint" is a Christian term, so different. Godling - a minor deity, again different from Odin. Bodhissatva - one who overcomes the cycle of re-incarnation, again utterly different from the other four -- are you just tossing words together?
Finally - "halo wars" -- really?
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posted on
07/05/2016 4:13:42 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
To: Cronos
It sounds like my spiritual concepts don’t meet your satisfaction.
The Norse Gods are active in my life and your gods of the desert weren’t. I am a better man for having a relationship with my ancestor spirits.
You don’t sound happy for someone who can’t be wrong.
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posted on
07/05/2016 4:59:51 AM PDT
by
Ketill Frostbeard
("At every doorway, one should look 'round. And fare not one pace from thy weapons." ~ODIN~)
To: Ketill Frostbeard; Gamecock; Zionist Conspirator
Not really -- your concepts are your own source of satisfaction
I just state that the Norse gods and their worship was not the same as "let me ask them for helping me out" -- these are Christian sentiments and worship. Norse worship was about placating the nordic gods.
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posted on
07/05/2016 6:29:52 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
To: jsanders2001
If I were going to start a religion—a respectable one—it would sound wise. It would draw crowds. It would work. It would make promises that make sense. It would be a religion of wisdom, power, and glory. It would require all sorts of activities for the worshiper to perform. It would be "Scientology".
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posted on
07/05/2016 6:31:23 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(A plague o' both your houses.)
To: Cronos
Good thing Their acting on my behalf relied neither on your understanding nor your permission.
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posted on
07/05/2016 6:59:54 AM PDT
by
Ketill Frostbeard
("At every doorway, one should look 'round. And fare not one pace from thy weapons." ~ODIN~)
To: Ketill Frostbeard
They, the NOrse “gods” didn’t - demons don’t have that kind of power...
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posted on
07/05/2016 7:21:31 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
To: Cronos
Whattever gets a sheep through the night, is between you and your ceiling.
Doesn’t have a thing to do with me.
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posted on
07/05/2016 7:28:31 AM PDT
by
Ketill Frostbeard
("At every doorway, one should look 'round. And fare not one pace from thy weapons." ~ODIN~)
To: Ketill Frostbeard
Hi. I've had a day to think about your posts here.
(1) Please don't get defensive before it's time to do so. This thread was about Christianity, with no mention of odinism in the original post.
(2) I do have a question, though. Were you brought up in a Name-It-and-Claim-It form of churchianity, where God is supposed to be your genie in a bottle?
Your sense of entitlement is quite reminiscent of Osteen and any of the other false prophets of Blab-It-and Grab-It.
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:07:30 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: fishtank
P.S. I didn’t generate that meme.
It came up in a Bing search on
“osteen false prophet”.
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:08:25 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: fishtank
Since you’ve already decided how I should reply, reply to yourself.
You’ve only proven to me I can have no more part with Christians.
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:11:44 AM PDT
by
Ketill Frostbeard
("At every doorway, one should look 'round. And fare not one pace from thy weapons." ~ODIN~)
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