Amazeroth wrote:AngryMollusc wrote:Well said. Valhalla >>> Heaven.
But arabic heaven (lots and lots of girls) >>> Valhalla (drinking in order to prepare for your last fight)
Molotov wrote:It's a pretty big difference when you think about it, we have a deity who is at once human, the God of Abraham, and everything.
Opakidabar wrote:Molotov wrote:It's a pretty big difference when you think about it, we have a deity who is at once human, the God of Abraham, and everything.
I always thought that was kind of schizophrenic. This trinity stuff.
Opakidabar wrote:Molotov wrote:It's a pretty big difference when you think about it, we have a deity who is at once human, the God of Abraham, and everything.
I always thought that was kind of schizophrenic. This trinity stuff.
Molotov wrote:It is interesting how many ancient and modern religions have an element of the trinity or a triune deity of some kind. Hinduism has the Trimurti, the ancient Zoroastrians had the evil god, the good god, and chaos - who were all the same being. It crops up quite often through history, as does the use of three or multiples of three (Odin's nine days, nine spells, the three roots of the World Tree that covered nine worlds). Although this may be because the Norse thought in multiples of three, I have no idea, I've never looked into it.
Darvian wrote:Opakidabar wrote:Molotov wrote:It's a pretty big difference when you think about it, we have a deity who is at once human, the God of Abraham, and everything.
I always thought that was kind of schizophrenic. This trinity stuff.
Depends on how clever the Christian is as to whether or not you'll hear one of the more elegant explanations. The Trinity ought be thought of like water. Water can be frozen and then it is ice. Water can be boiled and it is steam. Steam turns back into water. Ice turns back into water. My religious upbringing (the fundamentalist crackpots as mentioned previously) had no talk of a Trinity. Prayers were not concluded as such, 'In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit." This was by some considered blasphemous; amazing how Christians love one another. I assure you I recall many holidays where the Trinity Vs. Godhead factions squared off on how to end our collective prayer. Our nutters side contended the the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit was as revealed to mankind-Jesus and hence all prayers concluded as such, "In the name of Jesus." Ahh, I love the smell of theology in the morning.
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