In Roman Catholic tradition Simon Magus magically flew into the sky with the help of devils but thankfully St Peter had stronger mojo and made him fall from the sky.
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In Roman Catholic tradition Simon Magus magically flew into the sky with the help of devils but thankfully St Peter had stronger mojo and made him fall from the sky.
Exactly. I simply call the Saints gods because Christ himself did so. I also call the archetypes of collective unconscious gods because I feel it best represents their nature as autonomous intelligent forces. I could just as well (and do) call them angels and demons.Call 'em saints, and you are ok.
Exactly. I simply call the Saints gods because Christ himself did so.
brinny: who worships them?
I never mentioned the word "worship".
God's can be worshiped they don't have to be though.
Why would the status of "god" be given only to beings that are worshiped? Jesus said "ye are gods" echoing the OT. Yet he never said " I worship you". Worship or lack of worship doesn't change the status of a being.
Who wrote that?
"Worthy of worship" is pretty subjective. A god is a divine being. A being that manifests the powers, energies, names, and attributes of God. As least that's the way I use the term. Worship isn't a big factor in that regard.Sure you don't have to be worshipped to be a god, but you have to be "worthy of Worship".
"Worthy of worship" is pretty subjective. A god is a divine being. A being that manifests the powers, energies, names, and attributes of God. As least that's the way I use the term. Worship isn't a big factor in that regard.
Has nobody ever noticed that YHVH does not order people not to have other gods, but that the utterance quite clearly says "Do not have other gods before me".
That sounds more like "save the last dance for me" than "don't you dare take a single round with anybody else".
Admittedly, proto-Judaism grew increasingly less henotheistic and increasingly more monotheistic over the centuries, and Christianity came into being at a time when other gods had become utterly anathema.
Yet the oft-cited commandment quite clearly allows for the worship of other deities - as long as YHVH gets his due and is placed above them.