Sunday, November 11, 2007

God or Gods?

Its interesting to access the different religions and see their views on there being one god or many. It seems as though if there are many gods then the people who believe this more or less think in a way that they can relate to these gods. People being created in the image of a god are all very diverse so it seems probable that there would be many different types of gods to account for these different traits. Although the point of a god is that they are so much more then we could ever be that any relationship between them and us would lower their standing. Humans are seen as very imperfect and we strive to be better then how we were made to be, trying to be more like those we immolate. If we had gods that we could understand better by having qualities similar to our own then the quest to be better would be much easier then the singular all knowing god. The Jewish believe that there can be no physical comparison between the creator and mankind. This is putting a definite distinction between the creator and the limit of our own being. We can never achieve a status even close to that of a god which makes the effort a little more depressing.
I believe that for there to be one creator then it only seems rational that there would be others of that kind. Maybe the other gods have nothing to do with our existence or have no involvement in our being but they must still coexists. Maybe this idea doesn't matter for if they have no part in our existence then it doesn't help us explain the reason why we are here. Except maybe for the fact that our creator got bored from not being able to hang out with the others of that kind and therefore created existence for self entertainment. Which leads to my point that if there is a singular god then his gift of creation was not for us but more as a science project for the child that got singled out. This explains his allowance for evil, we cause it and for a true experiment to play out there is no interference from outside sources. Therefore we cannot expect that any effect on our life will result from his will. These aren't my beliefs in religion but more or less a random tangent that I thought was interesting.

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