druez
03-01-2004, 09:10 PM
A quick thought on what defines a god and how they are created:
The gods are not so different then us mortals, they love, they fight, they envy, they destroy. Gods are made and Gods are destroyed. Though they may live forever and by our standards, I suppose that makes them gods? But, lets imagine a second that they can die, does this mean they were never gods? If their existence is simply removed by a more powerful being, or perhaps a constant that makes everything equal in the end. This must mean that in the end everyone "mortal and immortal" is really equal. Which leads back to the constant.
Hmm, maybe gods are ideas simply created out of mortal thought. The more you talk about the thought, the more it becomes part of you. So more people around you start to feel it and it becomes more real to them. All those thoughts woven together of like-minded individuals could make the being or entity seem real in a persons mind. The more you talk about the thought, idea etc. the more it becomes part of you. So more people around you start to feel it and it becomes more real to them. Can you see how this pattern could convince you that is indeed real and not something you created in your own mind and in actuality really control.
This is something I wrote one day. It just sort of came to me. I had finished this book called the Power of Myth. It was a great read. Anyway, I have no idea if I'm right or wrong and I'm still trying to figure it out.
The gods are not so different then us mortals, they love, they fight, they envy, they destroy. Gods are made and Gods are destroyed. Though they may live forever and by our standards, I suppose that makes them gods? But, lets imagine a second that they can die, does this mean they were never gods? If their existence is simply removed by a more powerful being, or perhaps a constant that makes everything equal in the end. This must mean that in the end everyone "mortal and immortal" is really equal. Which leads back to the constant.
Hmm, maybe gods are ideas simply created out of mortal thought. The more you talk about the thought, the more it becomes part of you. So more people around you start to feel it and it becomes more real to them. All those thoughts woven together of like-minded individuals could make the being or entity seem real in a persons mind. The more you talk about the thought, idea etc. the more it becomes part of you. So more people around you start to feel it and it becomes more real to them. Can you see how this pattern could convince you that is indeed real and not something you created in your own mind and in actuality really control.
This is something I wrote one day. It just sort of came to me. I had finished this book called the Power of Myth. It was a great read. Anyway, I have no idea if I'm right or wrong and I'm still trying to figure it out.