Comments on: God vs. Satan

By: Gordon Graham

Gordon Graham — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:18:35 +0000

@Sachiko - @Sachiko - IMHO what we call "God" and "Satan" are opposite sides of the same coin. You can't know one without the other.

By: Sachiko

Sachiko — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:11:38 +0000

Well, yes – I know I certainly have a lot more admiration for the Greek legacy anyway.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:17:35 +0000

The eminent sociologist Talcott Parsons once described Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece as the “Seed bed” societies of Western Civilization. I take it that most people at Sachiko’s site prefer the legacy of the Greeks–humanistic, rationalistic, the origin of both science and philosophy. While the Abrahamic religion borought normative order to society (and contributed to the development of law), it still has had a pretty mixed legacy.

By: jr4412

jr4412 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:09:07 +0000

fabulous graph, love it.

M. McQuown wrote “..the only two religions with a consistent history of persecuting other religions are Christianity and Islam.”

not really, Judaism is the third of these “Abrahamic” religions, the oldest too, and they are all equally intolerant of “others”.

the worst aspect of all the organised religions is, IMO, that they “hijack” our innate spirituality for their own ends (power & control), not to mention the endless wars and misery that came of it.

By: Sachiko

Sachiko — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:02:52 +0000

@Robert - Given how destructive the religious right has been for the US and for the world (and then there's fundamentalist Islam and Zionism of course), I'm not sure cut-throat capitalism is the most destructive religion. But I agree has been very destructive indeed, and has spread across the globe.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:32:25 +0000

The most destructive religion in the U.S. is Cut-Throat Capitalism which is basically the worship of Wealth and the compulsive hoarding of it. It has become a very dangerous Cult here with World-Wide repercussions. I know people who worship at it’s Alter 24 hours a day. It disgusts me.

By: Sachiko

Sachiko — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:53:44 +0000

Well yes – worshipping the moon literally is lunacy.

And I do love the sun – I go crazy if I don’t get enough of it in fact. A good reason I live in Australia!

By: Mark Crawford

Mark Crawford — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:53:49 +0000

WE should avoid contradiction by not worshipping at the altar of atheism.
We should be agnostics with open minds, while religious believers like creationists should stop peddling false science
We should also recognize that humans appear to be “wired” to believe in something, so we should be careful about what we replace our religion with. (Communism, fascism and other ideologies come to mind.)
–Worshipping the moon is sheer lunacy; in any case we would only be basking in the Sun’s reflected glory.
–Sun worship makes a lot more sense than most. That seems to be what Sachiko is doing in quite a number of her photos. THere is nothing like the great outdoors!

By: Sachiko

Sachiko — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:32:19 +0000

@Robert - LOL! I absolutely agree that it doesn't make sense to worship a God who doesn't deliver (I like your analogy a lot!), but I always thought it did make a lot of sense for pagans to worship the sun. As the source of the elements from which we're made and the energy that powers us, you could very well say that the sun really is our creator. If we must have a God, the sun makes a lot of sense. @don - I absolutely agree - countless murders have been commited in the name of a religion itself, but not in the name of Satan. And there certainly haven't been any commited in the name of atheism.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:13:47 +0000

Even Ra, the sun-god has his + & -. It is very easy to understand how humans that require a god creature in their psyche, could worship the sun.
As the naked ape, the sunshine feels warm and wonderful on our skin, unless we are exposed to too much and then it burns us. The sun makes the earth green and plants forever growing which provide food, clothing, shelter, and controlled fire at night when the sun is resting. But too much sun and not enough water can parch the plants, turn the earth brown, and produce uncontrolled devastating fire. During the daylight, the sun allows humans with very poor night vision to be visibly aware of their surroundings. But when Ra is resting, he abandons us to the deadly night predators.(That abandonment is definitely not cool!)

Since it is utterly impossible to find a perfect god creature to protect us at all times, what is the point of any religion based on worshipping a deity that doesn’t deliver? It’s sort of like paying bonuses to CEOs while they mismanage their company into bankruptcy.