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

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

(I had to go look this up - this is an old post!)
The separation idea is in most forms of mythology, and there is a separation, but it seems to be internal - between something in ourselves and what we consciously perceive. IOW, I see God as internal and not external.

[acheron-hades.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was chasing links in sophiaserpentia's journal, and didn't check the age of the entries - oops!

The separation idea is in most forms of mythology, and there is a separation, but it seems to be internal - between something in ourselves and what we consciously perceive.

Yes .. fear-based conditioning and belief systems seems to be kernel of it.

IOW, I see God as internal and not external.

I was just describing a cosmology (http://www.livejournal.com/users/sophiaserpentia/435018.html#t4729162) which allows God to be both - another duality nuked! ;-)

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

Well, I do also see collective human (or intelligent, maybe) consciousness as a possible sort of "god". But I see it more as then the individual being a part of the whole and not separate from the whole, as much as the individual may experience oneself as singular.