Egypt had a whole pantheon of gods and did not refute the existence of alien deities beyond their own borders. The Romans believed in Roman deities and also accepted the deities of others, which was just as well considering how multicultural they were. The validity of other deities and religions were rather more acceptable to the polytheistic ancients than might be imagined....
5000 years ago and living in what we now call Egypt you might well think the Sun God was the one to worship.
2000 years ago born here you might well be a Druid
2000 years ago born a Roman citizen you would most likely be offering tributes to any number of Roman Gods
200 years ago born in Italy probably a Christian.
It seemed to me that they all thought that they had the ''one true'' religion...
They may well be all wrong, but that begs the question as to why the belief in deities, spirits and other unprovable entities is so widespread and persistent? The fact that pretty much every recognizable society of any size is, or was until recent times, religiously conformist, to me is proof that religion "worked" for those societies, regardless of whether people in those societies truly believed their deities were real....It also struck me that they couldn't all be right so were probably all wrong. I was 13 when I came to that conclusion and it still seems right to me.
So now I don't believe in a deity. There might well be more to life than we immediately perceive so I guess that would make me agnostic.
As ComedyPilot says.............'too many unanswered questions' to be sure about anything.
I agree with that. I am pretty sure someone born 500 years in the future would think every previous set of beliefs, morality and government to be wrong, ignorant or outright absurd.I did when I was a kid, simply because it seemed the thing to do. As I got older and into my early teens and learned about other religions, past and present, it seemed to me that what you believed in was just a matter of when and where you were born...
Nothing like a few moments of privet prayer, Martin. "God less you, my sun."Hedging my bets.
I agree with that. I am pretty sure someone born 500 years in the future would think every previous set of beliefs, morality and government to be wrong, ignorant or outright absurd.
And look what happened, Joe! Those Greco-Romans got together to 'wrassle' the French way (oooh la-la mon Dieu!) and the Egyptians? Reggae and pyramid selling...(and I think Slomotion is onto something with the 'Trim your bush for God' thing.)I'll bet there were plenty of ancient Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, you name it, who didn't believe in "their" gods, either.
There is nothing in Sikhism that prohibits a follower from attending the services of another religion.
No, it's about dieting.Is this thread about dogs? Or do I have dyslexia?![]()