Guest guest Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 That would obviously be ME !!!This is MY Universe!!!Haaaa haaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaa --- On Fri, 7/4/08, heartwerk <jo.heartwork wrote:heartwerk <jo.heartwork Re: Question about amt. of roman gods here Date: Friday, July 4, 2008, 2:46 AM Which one would that be :-) Jo @gro ups.com, Beatriz <searchingalight@ ...> wrote: > > The One Who got here first > > (just kidding...) > > --- On Thu, 7/3/08, Peter <metalscarab@ ...> wrote: > Peter <metalscarab@ ...> > Re: Re: Question about amt. of roman gods here > @gro ups.com > Thursday, July 3, 2008, 5:14 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Beatriz > > But which god? > > BB > Peter > > - > > Beatriz > @gro ups.com > Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:24 > AM > Re: Re: Question > about amt. of roman gods here > > > > > > Hi Jo > > Actually it was a Hindu, who told me > about this and I had based my previous post upon a conversation we > had. > It seems to me that these kind of contradictions occur not just > between followers of Hinduism, but of many religions. > Like with > Christians, some say Jesus Christ is God, while others say that cannot > be, > as there is only One God, that Jesus is One With God, which is > entirely different from being God. > Anyways, Christianity, along > centuries has been nothing but distorted, > same goes for Islam and > other religions, I suppose... > But, don't all religions share the same > core? Love to God and to each other? > Don't all religions encourage > their followers to become better persons? > The word 'religion' comes > from 'religare', meaning 'reconnect' in latin. > Reconnect with > Whom? > With God! The Source! > I really believe that in the Future > there will be only one religion, > as Humans are more evolved > spiritually, their religion, ie, reconnection with God > will just come > naturally, with no need of external factors like churches and > stuff-... > I have a Catholic background, but aint that catholic > > and this got out a bit too serious than I > intended.. > > Cheers, > Beatriz > (trying to reconnect with > Source) > > --- On Wed, 7/2/08, jo > <jo.heartwork@ gmail.com> wrote: > > > jo <jo.heartwork@ gmail.com> > Re: Re: > Question about amt. of roman gods here > > @gro ups.com > Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 10:12 > AM > > > > > > Hi Peter / Beatriz > > I checked with some Hindu friends at > work, and they believe in many gods. I think the term demi god' > may be used by people from monotheistic religions who can't understand > the idea of lots of gods, and therefore presume that one god must be > over all the others - that's my opinion anyway. > > BB > Jo > > ----- > Original Message ----- > > Peter > > @gro ups.com > > Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:55 AM > > Re: Re: Question about amt. of roman gods here > > > > > Hi Beatriz > > I think that depends very much on who > you talk to. Muslims may believe that Allah is the same as the > Christian god, but Christians certainly don't. Same with Christians > and Jews. Hindus are a mix, although mostly still believe in a whole > pantheon of deities... > > BB > Peter > > ----- > Original Message ----- > > Beatriz > > @gro ups.com > > Tuesday, July 01, 2008 11:30 AM > > Re: Re: Question about amt. of roman gods here > > > > > > Hi Peter, > > Please allow me to cut > in. > Different cultures, same God, different name, well, > it's happening right now: > God, Jehovah, Allah,... even > the Hindus, known to be politeistic, actually have only one > God. All other "gods" are demi-gods, maybe the equivalent to > the saints in christian religions... If I got that right, of > course > > Cheers, > Beatriz > > --- On Tue, > 7/1/08, Peter Kebbell <metalscarab@ > gmail.com> wrote: > > Peter > Kebbell <metalscarab@ gmail.com> > Re: > Re: Question about amt. of roman gods > here > @gro ups.com > Tuesday, > July 1, 2008, 6:00 AM > > > > > Hi Peter > > It's a great question, with just one > problem... at what point has this > actually happened? > I'm not aware of any two cultures who have had the > same > gods with different names. There have been several > cultures that > have had gods with similar job > descriptions as those in other > cultures, but they're > not the same gods. > > BB > Peter > > On > 30/06/2008, Peter VV <swpgh01 (AT) talk21 (DOT) com> wrote: > > > whoa, rewind, the question was how could two religions > start at the same > > time (greek & roman) and > have the same gods with different names.One must > > > have preceded the other surely?, so which is the > older? > > ......and what are the elder gods? > > > didnt nomadic tribes have a more simplified belief system > ( worship the sky > > god, sort of thing) so why have > so many as the greeks and romans > did? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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