It occurred to me, that people reading my posts would benefit from seeing my definitions of some of the key terms I use, or will use, in this blog, instead of reading dubious explanations from questionable sources like Wikipedia.
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Monotheism is NOT belief in one god. Monotheism is belief in the ONLY god, the only "truth". Why is this distinction important? It is, because a claim to worshipping the ONLY god automatically excludes all other gods. Worshippers of all other gods are deemed heretics, infidels, idol worshippers - or even heathens. This monotheistic intolerance has a dire consequence: all non-believers must be either converted, subjugated or killed. And monotheists are very diligent in carrying out this intolerance: missionary work, persecution and holy wars are the very backbone of all monotheistic history.
Polytheism is NOT belief in multiple Gods. Polytheism is believing that multiple Gods EXIST. Again, why is this distinction important? It is, because a polytheist may easily worship a single god, always or most of the time, but he/she does not reject other Gods, and does not reject other that worship different Gods. Polytheism is therefore about tolerance of fellow polytheists, about respect for other Gods and ultimately the cultures the dwell in. Except of course any monotheistic such.
Henotheism is worship of a single god, but without the rejection of other Gods. A henotheist is just a devoted to his/her single god as a monotheist, but lacks the inherent intolerance of the latter. Henotheists can easily co-exist with polytheists, and are most likely welcome among polytheists. Henotheism may equally be regarded as the tolerant and non-missionary cousin of monotheism, or - more to the point here - as a special case of polytheism. I tend to use the latter definition.
Atheism is the belief that NO god exist. This is a belief that looks very similar to monotheism in the eyes of a polytheist. Again we're dealing with believers, that reject all other "truths" than their own, believers that rarely miss an opportunity to "teach" religious people of the "mistakes" (mission), and belittle religious feelings as humbug and delusions (holy war). As a polytheist, I have no warm feelings toward millitant atheists.
Nihilism is also a belief that no god exist, but only for each individual. Again this is the non-missionary, tolerant version, of atheism this time. I have yet to encounter a nihilist in persona, but will welcome him/her when I do. It's indeed a lonely life without any help and support from friendly Gods.
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I hope this little reference are of use for all that try to get a grip on religious differencies. Remember, don't automatically believe the definitions written on Wikipedia and elsewhere, they're most likely all written by monotheists or atheists. So bookmark this post !
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Monday, February 5, 2007
The monotheistic scourge !
-- Polytheistic battle cry --
Monotheism is a 4 millenum old scourge, that threatens the freedom of every man, woman and child on the face of this planet. It's only and always a tyrannical regime regardless of its disguise.
Monotheism come in many forms, some come as religion, some come as poltical ideologies. They all have a single trait in common, namely the limitless intolerance toward all people outside their particular form of montheism. This is justified by their claim to posess the "only true path", and the supported claim that all other "paths/truths" are false. Monotheism is about mind control and power, nothing else.
The first surviving religious montheism was hebrewism or judaism. It was followed by christianity, and then later islam. The latter two have a long history of war, murder, genocide and barbaric suppression on their conscience. Unfortunately about half the world's population today suffers under their combined tyrannies.
Political monotheism include nazism and communism. Both horrible regimes that has humiliated, suppressed and destroyed countless human lives, all in the name of their proclaimed "truth", whether it's a führer/nazi party or a polit bureau general secretary/communist party. It's no wonder that the major two of these regimes were able to strike a deal in WWII, it makes all the sense in the world to me.
Atheists have monotheistic traits too, also claiming to possess the only "truth". But they at least have a choice, whether they want to be tools ("useful idiots") for the real monotheists, or whether the want to stand by the polytheists in opposing monotheism.
As a polytheist, monotheism simply makes me sick. It's an ideology that is so anti-human as it can be. It disregards and suppresses true human nature, have no respect for the very Nature we're an integral part of, and it readily and gladly brings war and mayhem to everyone it dislikes, including other monotheistic fractions. And it gladly cripples the lifes of their own followers. It encourages the lowest traits human nature, and perverts human emotions. Monotheism is truly evil.
As a polytheist, I regard all version of monotheism as one. I see no reason to worry myself over petty nuances in monotheism, whether this monotheistic god is better or more true than the next. I look at the grander picture, and judge all monotheistic replicas to be parts of the same evil stock.
I see signs, that polytheists worldwide are beginning to understand their enemy, the monotheistic scourge. This is good, this is necessary. If we polytheists, we free men and women, don't wake up now, and start fighting by pushing back the monotheistic tide, we'll be drowned by it.
Polytheism has a single flaw, namely that it's acceptance of multiple Gods can - and will - be abused to try and make us accept monotheistic gods. But polytheists should never accept any monotheistic god or its followers, as they don't and never will respect our own Gods. Intolerant and jealous gods have no place in any polytheistic pantheon, they should always be excluded.
I personally fear that fundamentalist christians and fundamentalist moslems will join forces in the near future. They have so much in common, that it only takes one bright kid in every camp to reconcile them. That'll surely spell the doom for mankind. Humankind under a worldwide monotheistic regime will turn everbody into suppressed serfs. Is this what everybody wants? NO!
Hail to the Gods !!!
Monotheism is a 4 millenum old scourge, that threatens the freedom of every man, woman and child on the face of this planet. It's only and always a tyrannical regime regardless of its disguise.
Monotheism come in many forms, some come as religion, some come as poltical ideologies. They all have a single trait in common, namely the limitless intolerance toward all people outside their particular form of montheism. This is justified by their claim to posess the "only true path", and the supported claim that all other "paths/truths" are false. Monotheism is about mind control and power, nothing else.
The first surviving religious montheism was hebrewism or judaism. It was followed by christianity, and then later islam. The latter two have a long history of war, murder, genocide and barbaric suppression on their conscience. Unfortunately about half the world's population today suffers under their combined tyrannies.
Political monotheism include nazism and communism. Both horrible regimes that has humiliated, suppressed and destroyed countless human lives, all in the name of their proclaimed "truth", whether it's a führer/nazi party or a polit bureau general secretary/communist party. It's no wonder that the major two of these regimes were able to strike a deal in WWII, it makes all the sense in the world to me.
Atheists have monotheistic traits too, also claiming to possess the only "truth". But they at least have a choice, whether they want to be tools ("useful idiots") for the real monotheists, or whether the want to stand by the polytheists in opposing monotheism.
As a polytheist, monotheism simply makes me sick. It's an ideology that is so anti-human as it can be. It disregards and suppresses true human nature, have no respect for the very Nature we're an integral part of, and it readily and gladly brings war and mayhem to everyone it dislikes, including other monotheistic fractions. And it gladly cripples the lifes of their own followers. It encourages the lowest traits human nature, and perverts human emotions. Monotheism is truly evil.
As a polytheist, I regard all version of monotheism as one. I see no reason to worry myself over petty nuances in monotheism, whether this monotheistic god is better or more true than the next. I look at the grander picture, and judge all monotheistic replicas to be parts of the same evil stock.
I see signs, that polytheists worldwide are beginning to understand their enemy, the monotheistic scourge. This is good, this is necessary. If we polytheists, we free men and women, don't wake up now, and start fighting by pushing back the monotheistic tide, we'll be drowned by it.
Polytheism has a single flaw, namely that it's acceptance of multiple Gods can - and will - be abused to try and make us accept monotheistic gods. But polytheists should never accept any monotheistic god or its followers, as they don't and never will respect our own Gods. Intolerant and jealous gods have no place in any polytheistic pantheon, they should always be excluded.
I personally fear that fundamentalist christians and fundamentalist moslems will join forces in the near future. They have so much in common, that it only takes one bright kid in every camp to reconcile them. That'll surely spell the doom for mankind. Humankind under a worldwide monotheistic regime will turn everbody into suppressed serfs. Is this what everybody wants? NO!
Hail to the Gods !!!
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