A Proposal For Consideration.

[sophiaserpentia]

1. The idea that God is fundamentally and eternally superior to and separate from humankind, will inherently and inevitably lend support to the concept of fundamental superiorities within humankind, particularly those along the lines of gender, race, and economic status.

2. Furthermore, this idea will inherently and inevitably lend rhetorical justification for the use of violence as an acceptable means of promoting an agenda labeled as "holy."

crossposted to my journal and crossposted to convert_me

Comments

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

I suppose it is possible to imagine that there are several kinds of divine presence and that all things possess a measure of at least one such. But I've never seen a polytheistic pantheism before (which doesn't in itself mean it is impossible, just that no one's worked out the details).

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

I don't think pantheism is monotheistic or pantheistic. Or rather, it is extremely polytheistic in saying that everything has its own divinity.

[alobar.livejournal.com]

To me, pantheism means the multiverse is a networked ecology with no central control. Monotheism is a top-down system. To me, everthing is divine from a quark to a galaxy to each and every organism and speck or dirt. We all extemporize, each in our way(s) to connect, compete, cooperate, build, maintain, and destroy.

There is a tendency I have noticed within polytheistic religions to posit one central God or AGoddess. I think that is an inherant flaw of organized religion in which the humans want power and a codifed structure. Whether the gods and goddesses are like that is doubtful to me.