(12:21:51 PM) xxx: and Goddesses etc.
(12:21:57 PM) xxx: How do you define them?
(12:25:20 PM) Controversy2317: explain what you're asking?
(12:27:22 PM) xxx: Does your family worship anything?
(12:28:11 PM) Controversy2317: yes
(12:28:33 PM) Controversy2317: And I'd rather not elaborate on the list of it unless I have a reason to be doing a ritual with you...
(12:31:50 PM) Controversy2317: I'm sorry
(12:38:14 PM) xxx: I'm not asking who.
(12:38:23 PM) xxx: I'm asking what. What is a God?
(12:38:51 PM) Controversy2317:
(12:39:31 PM) Controversy2317: As in "Is a God an all-seeing-all-knowing entity that dictates our lives?"
(12:39:49 PM) xxx: Do you need more time to research the answer?
(12:39:52 PM) Controversy2317: no
(12:39:57 PM) Controversy2317: I'm trying to follow the question
(12:40:07 PM) Controversy2317: A god isn't a thing
(12:40:25 PM) Controversy2317: for me, a god or goddess is a part of me, something more than me
(12:40:36 PM) Controversy2317: that gives me answers to things I don't understand
(12:41:22 PM) Controversy2317: I don't think I've ever had anyone phrase the question that way
(12:42:01 PM) Controversy2317: http://www.schuylersmonsterblog.com/
(12:42:10 PM) Controversy2317: and *that* is what I'm currently reading, just FYI
(12:42:14 PM) Controversy2317: I wasn't looking something up
(12:51:36 PM) xxx: It is a subjective question, I don't believe there is a right answer.
(12:51:41 PM) xxx: Just curios what your take was.
^^^^^
And a different conversation with someone else, in the same vein from a different perspective.
^^^^^
(3:51:04 PM) cc: Hey
(3:51:07 PM) cc: someone asked me today:
(3:51:16 PM) cc: and I'd like to see your response to this same question
(3:51:42 PM) cc: What's your take on Gods? and Godesses etc. How do you define them? Do you worship anything?
(3:52:53 PM) zzz: i define them as greater more powerful more knowledgeable kinsmen
(3:53:01 PM) zzz: do i worship them?/ not as most people recognize the term
(3:53:38 PM) cc: ok
(3:54:10 PM) cc: My response was "yes" and "I'd rather not elaborate on the list of it unless I have a reason to be doing a ritual with you...I'm sorry"
(3:54:30 PM) cc: he followed with "i'm not asking who I'm asking what"
(3:54:49 PM) cc: What is a God?
(3:55:43 PM) cc: so I said "As in "Is a God an all-seeing-all-knowing entity that dictates our lives?"
(3:55:58 PM) cc: and he seemed to be mocking me "Do you need more time to research the answer?"
(3:56:11 PM) cc: I was actually trying to follow the question
(3:56:36 PM) cc: so he ended up getting this
(3:56:47 PM) zzz: i need to know if they're asking whaht is a god based on the judeo-christian and/or islamic tradition, or one of the others
(3:56:53 PM) cc: 12:39:52 PM) Controversy2317: no
(12:39:57 PM) Controversy2317: I'm trying to follow the question
(12:40:07 PM) Controversy2317: A god isn't a thing
(12:40:25 PM) Controversy2317: for me, a god or goddess is a part of me, something more than me
(12:40:36 PM) Controversy2317: that gives me answers to things I don't understand
(12:41:22 PM) Controversy2317: I don't think I've ever had anyone phrase the question that way
(3:57:07 PM) cc: Yeah
(3:57:12 PM) cc: he's pagan
(3:57:19 PM) cc: which is why I wasn't sure what he was asking
(3:57:38 PM) zzz: to some people, god is a manifestation of the inner self
(3:57:42 PM) zzz: and for them i guess that's just fine
(3:57:49 PM) zzz: it's a projection of the inner divine
(3:57:53 PM) zzz: which i actually agree with
(3:57:57 PM) zzz: but ti goes a lot farther than that
(3:57:59 PM) zzz: my wife is a goddess
(3:58:08 PM) zzz: she has that inner divine
(3:58:17 PM) zzz: there isi something sacred and precious and noble within her
(3:58:27 PM) zzz: something that only a woman can have, and that all women CAN have, but not all do
(3:58:32 PM) cc: I believe in reincarnation, self, previous self, etc
(3:58:51 PM) cc: so of course there would be pieces inside of me that can be and are tapped back for answers
(4:00:14 PM) cc: by the same token, I firmly believe that there are gods to whom I am praying to for guidance, for help for a variety of things, external of me, that help me
(4:00:26 PM) cc: and the same goes for goddesses
(4:00:47 PM) cc: which I would have explained to him, except that he'd already poked at me with the snark of "need to look it up?"
(4:01:14 PM) cc: No, I'm not going and looking anything up, I'm trying to figure out what the hell you're even asking :(
(4:01:25 PM) zzz: i speak to my Gods ever day. i ask for guidance. i ask them to watch over my family. i request assistannce and information. sometimes we just talk, and sometimes i beseech. it just depends on my mood. and theirs.
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