An Evil God; An Evil World

[Dali]

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My experience with pagan religion has taught me a great deal that Christian Theology never could. First, that God is not in opposition to the universe. Reality does not contradict God and we are not opposite in nature from our Lord the Creator. It has taught me that our nature is not evil. It has taught me that we all search for God in the real world. It has taught me that Man is Great and worthy of Gods’ Love. It has taught me that symbolism is powerful and useful and generic. It has taught me that religion is personal, powerful and joyful; and that religious practices ought to be personally moving.

Paganism, however, never gave me a God I couldn’t’ find on a reality tv show, or a character in movie or book, or a in a comic. The mythologies are sociological and anthropological, not theological or philosophical. Their ethics are usually more honest and more relevant than Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, or Catholicism. Everyone is searching for the Personal God, the Objective God, the God of THIS WORLD – not some other world, not some ideal world, not some fantastic, perfect, contrived world.

You know what Evil is? It’s reality without prejudice. It’s a world of anarchy and a God who prefers it, demands it, and wills it. You know what anarchy is? It’s lawlessness. It’s free will. It’s choice. I believe all animals have free will and that we all live in a state of anarchy. I believe sin is an easy escape of fear, insecurity, and mortality associated with Gods’ Anarchy. I think there are Satanists with a more Christ-like perspective than most Christians - Atheists with a deeper love of God than most God-Fearing men. A Christian in opposition to reality and a Satanist in opposition to reality are brothers. A Christian in pursuit of reality, A Muslim in pursuit of truth, a Satanist chasing down the real world are brothers. God cannot contradict himself. Our Religious Leaders can and do and will.

God doesn’t want slaves and sacrifice. God wants masters of will and self-reliance; Men of deep personal integrity, Women of enormous courage, and people of conviction. Read the Bible - God chose powerful men, willful men, dangerous men, faithful and faithless men, but always men who sought after truth. The Lord looks for a Man whose yes is a yes and whose no is a no. Men who see what they see. Men who don’t pretend, don’t act, don’t play. Western Civilization, however, has taught us to prefer our emotions to our thoughts, our reputations to our honor, our status to our conscience, and how we are perceived, rather than who we are. In a world where perception is reality, truth is constantly sacrificed for a path of least resistance. None of us are immune from evils evil: The desire to remake a world made in Gods' Image, in our own.

In a world where God is evil and his Creation unreal, what possible religion can prevail? I suggest a new religion. A religion that loves God, His creation, and His reality. A Religion of Non-Contradiction.

 

[FrenchyBearpaw]

Hope it works out for you.

 

[Lilly Owl]

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My experience with pagan religion has taught me a great deal that Christian Theology never could. First, that God is not in opposition to the universe. Reality does not contradict God and we are not opposite in nature from our Lord the Creator. It has taught me that our nature is not evil. It has taught me that we all search for God in the real world. It has taught me that Man is Great and worthy of Gods’ Love. It has taught me that symbolism is powerful and useful and generic. It has taught me that religion is personal, powerful and joyful; and that religious practices ought to be personally moving.

Paganism, however, never gave me a God I couldn’t’ find on a reality tv show, or a character in movie or book, or a in a comic. The mythologies are sociological and anthropological, not theological or philosophical. Their ethics are usually more honest and more relevant than Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, or Catholicism. Everyone is searching for the Personal God, the Objective God, the God of THIS WORLD – not some other world, not some ideal world, not some fantastic, perfect, contrived world.

You know what Evil is? It’s reality without prejudice. It’s a world of anarchy and a God who prefers it, demands it, and wills it. You know what anarchy is? It’s lawlessness. It’s free will. It’s choice. I believe all animals have free will and that we all live in a state of anarchy. I believe sin is an easy escape of fear, insecurity, and mortality associated with Gods’ Anarchy. I think there are Satanists with a more Christ-like perspective than most Christians - Atheists with a deeper love of God than most God-Fearing men. A Christian in opposition to reality and a Satanist in opposition to reality are brothers. A Christian in pursuit of reality, A Muslim in pursuit of truth, a Satanist chasing down the real world are brothers. God cannot contradict himself. Our Religious Leaders can and do and will.

God doesn’t want slaves and sacrifice. God wants masters of will and self-reliance; Men of deep personal integrity, Women of enormous courage, and people of conviction. Read the Bible - God chose powerful men, willful men, dangerous men, faithful and faithless men, but always men who sought after truth. The Lord looks for a Man whose yes is a yes and whose no is a no. Men who see what they see. Men who don’t pretend, don’t act, don’t play. Western Civilization, however, has taught us to prefer our emotions to our thoughts, our reputations to our honor, our status to our conscience, and how we are perceived, rather than who we are. In a world where perception is reality, truth is constantly sacrificed for a path of least resistance. None of us are immune from evils evil: The desire to remake a world made in Gods' Image, in our own.

In a world where God is evil and his Creation unreal, what possible religion can prevail? I suggest a new religion. A religion that loves God, His creation, and His reality. A Religion of Non-Contradiction.

When I first read the title of this thread I thought it was going to be an article debating Maltheism.

A religion of non-contradiction. Interesting. I don't think even ascribing to Autotheism would accomplish that.
Though with Paganism and that being described in your OP, you are no doubt aware that Paganism is an umbrella term beneath which many traditions are found. I don't think those necessarily relate to contradiction in so much as they address duality, polarity, etc...

I agree with Frenchy. Good luck!

 

[madaz]

In a world where God is evil and his Creation unreal, what possible religion can prevail? I suggest a new religion. A religion that loves God, His creation, and His reality. A Religion of Non-Contradiction.

Would your new religion be a Christian denomination?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

In a world where God is evil and his Creation unreal, what possible religion can prevail? I suggest a new religion. A religion that loves God, His creation, and His reality. A Religion of Non-Contradiction.

The "Church of the Enlightened Ones" perhaps? Isn't that where the trouble started in the first place?

 

[Dali]

Would your new religion be a Christian denomination?

I haven't discovered a new religion and I'm not "creating". I've studied over 60 religions and have learned a lot about Mans' experience of life, fear, freedom, mortality, insecurity, love, divinity, and hope. Jesus Christ saved us from mythology, from theology, from idealism. Through his sacrifice, God gave us the Holy Spirit, who is with us. God is a personal God. Not a God of Churchs, Not a God of Ideals. God is a god of this world, created this world, loves this world, loves us. He does not love what we've done with our liberty, in our anarchy, but he gives it to us nonetheless. This is a great blessing and a point that seems to be missed in modern religious discussion.