Thank you. Quite right: My view is that the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions are all really denominations of the same root faith. I don't buy the levelling theories of the perennialist school wholesale, but they do apply well to the three major monotheistic religions. They are all based on similar esoteric truths and similar practices, yet the followers rarely believe or practice anything other than egotism within religious garb. One of the reasons the pagan worldview is so dear to me is that I believe it would help to heal some of the world's petty divisions.
You’re welcome. I’m no religious philosopher I’m afraid, so I can’t really comment on different schools of thought. I do agree with you on the Pagan Worldview, as a Pagan myself, my animist beliefs affects nearly every facet of my life. I don’t think I could ever justify war and it’s rippling effects for the world, its creatures, both human and other animals, the environment, and our resources.
'It is time to usher in a new renaissance upon the earth, where the people of this planet stop killing one another based on which jealous god they worship, and instead come together, honoring the earth, the sea, the stars, and the Gods. It is time to usher in the epoch of the return of the Gods, the dark Gods, the great, old dark Gods.'
Yes, I'm sure that will happen. After all, the 'dark gods' of the Aztecs did a good job of abolishing petty rivalries and instituting peace, did they not? Tlalac, for example - a glorious dark god he! - who required the sacrifice of children recently made to weep. Or perhaps the dark gods of the polytheist and notoriously peaceful Vikings could be our model. Or the human-sacrificing Celts. Or the lovely pacifist Romans.
Or maybe, just maybe, humans of every stripe, be they pagan or Christian or atheist or whatever, are capable of either evil or good. And so maybe religious teachings which preach love rather than hatred, of both neighbour and enemy, are the only chance we have.
Perhaps. Once upon a time, long ago and far away, there was a man named Empedocles. He preached that the ultimate Reality was love, and that love could overcome all obstacles and heal all divisions. Then he entered the marketplace bringing his tidings of joy and love to the people. They ridiculed him and dismissed his ideas, so he threw himself into a volcano. Another man, this time from Bethlehem, brought a message of love, but the people hated him for it so his chosen method of suicide was the cross. Love is a powerful force, but the ideology of love, peace, and compassion is a tool utilized by the powerful to turn people into sheep. This is why the lamb of God was slaughtered. Basta! We need an aristocracy of sunmen who have direct communion with the Gods! I find it hilarious that you bring up the old tropes of human sacrifice, when, as all know, the greatest sacrificers of humans were the Christians. Just look to the inquisition. Though even that is nothing compared to the mass sacrifice of all life happening now on the altar of the Machine. I can make peace with Christians, if they are willing to accept the Gods into their hearts and shun the Machine. If Christ came today, the first thing he would do is descend with a sword and decapitate his so-called followers.
Great article, thanks! I’ve always thought of Jesus, Allah and Yahweh one God with three faces
Thank you. Quite right: My view is that the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions are all really denominations of the same root faith. I don't buy the levelling theories of the perennialist school wholesale, but they do apply well to the three major monotheistic religions. They are all based on similar esoteric truths and similar practices, yet the followers rarely believe or practice anything other than egotism within religious garb. One of the reasons the pagan worldview is so dear to me is that I believe it would help to heal some of the world's petty divisions.
You’re welcome. I’m no religious philosopher I’m afraid, so I can’t really comment on different schools of thought. I do agree with you on the Pagan Worldview, as a Pagan myself, my animist beliefs affects nearly every facet of my life. I don’t think I could ever justify war and it’s rippling effects for the world, its creatures, both human and other animals, the environment, and our resources.
'It is time to usher in a new renaissance upon the earth, where the people of this planet stop killing one another based on which jealous god they worship, and instead come together, honoring the earth, the sea, the stars, and the Gods. It is time to usher in the epoch of the return of the Gods, the dark Gods, the great, old dark Gods.'
Yes, I'm sure that will happen. After all, the 'dark gods' of the Aztecs did a good job of abolishing petty rivalries and instituting peace, did they not? Tlalac, for example - a glorious dark god he! - who required the sacrifice of children recently made to weep. Or perhaps the dark gods of the polytheist and notoriously peaceful Vikings could be our model. Or the human-sacrificing Celts. Or the lovely pacifist Romans.
Or maybe, just maybe, humans of every stripe, be they pagan or Christian or atheist or whatever, are capable of either evil or good. And so maybe religious teachings which preach love rather than hatred, of both neighbour and enemy, are the only chance we have.
Perhaps. Once upon a time, long ago and far away, there was a man named Empedocles. He preached that the ultimate Reality was love, and that love could overcome all obstacles and heal all divisions. Then he entered the marketplace bringing his tidings of joy and love to the people. They ridiculed him and dismissed his ideas, so he threw himself into a volcano. Another man, this time from Bethlehem, brought a message of love, but the people hated him for it so his chosen method of suicide was the cross. Love is a powerful force, but the ideology of love, peace, and compassion is a tool utilized by the powerful to turn people into sheep. This is why the lamb of God was slaughtered. Basta! We need an aristocracy of sunmen who have direct communion with the Gods! I find it hilarious that you bring up the old tropes of human sacrifice, when, as all know, the greatest sacrificers of humans were the Christians. Just look to the inquisition. Though even that is nothing compared to the mass sacrifice of all life happening now on the altar of the Machine. I can make peace with Christians, if they are willing to accept the Gods into their hearts and shun the Machine. If Christ came today, the first thing he would do is descend with a sword and decapitate his so-called followers.