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I think the better question is "what is meant by God?"

Many currently believe in a universal force of creation - a sort of 'fated cosmological will' that presides over all things… As opposed to more personified notions of God stemming from Zeus, Odin, Ra, etc.

This would mean that we, ourselves, are the pantheon, now. Rather than following gods of the forces of nature, we seek out a grand unified force of existentialism. In other words… We are thinking exactly like "they" claim the 7th-dimensional-compressed-light-of-absurd-mysticism-to-make-it-sound-cool did. Except we didn't eat a third of the pantheon to get here. IE - we are on par with the most exhalted angel before his fall.

Which begs the question of following versus worshipping. Those familiar with the teachings of, say, Wicca, certainly recognize a higher existence than "the light-bearer." But you can see how this sort of "primordial savior" can be seen as a bit contentious as his role was simply the delivery of knowledge - which is obviously a double-edged sword.

Regardless of the intent behind the act - there are those who seem to view themselves as a part of Lucifer and want to re-awaken this ancient existence or make him/her/it whole. Yet that is not how a few close to that manner of theology would interpret those teachings.

Do we seek a god in a book with a name? I caution against such things out of principle. Likewise… I caution the distinction between follow and worship when it comes to saviors of any order and era. Worshipping something that isn't abstract and which exists as part of written account becomes a vector for manipulation. We can already see this with the Catholic Church and their rather odd use of the greek "Ecclesia" to claim themselves as the Church Jesus ordained.

>>3925996 lb

I am not entirely certain it is even that simple.

Something happened within the world's history that left a mark on our cultures, religions, traditions, etc. The themes resonate through the ancient pantheons, and there are blood lines who claim very ancient origins, each likely with their own little twist on the story passed down.

Wiccan, Luciferian, Satanist… The distinctions between these groups is relatively lost on most people who encounter a set of spiritual views so radically different from their own.

There is also no doubting that Islam and Judaism do have roots in very exclusive and self-entitling teachings that justify crimes against non-muslim/non-jewish groups. Not to mention long histories of subversion on both their accounts.

Christianity is different in that its teachings are largely a rebellion against those earlier models… But that didn't really stop the groups in power from doing what they always do and funneled it into the Catholic Church.

Of course… Jesus himself gave us a clue as to who the Pharisee were in his woes to the Pharisee.

Isaiah, also, gave us a clue that Jerusalem may not have truly been Jewish in his Three Sisters metaphor for Jerusalem and two other cities.

Which brings us to the question of where the Pharisee came from, who Moses was, and so on.

The old blood lines of the Germanic tribes may have power and authority - and certainly blood line claims… But when you look at world history from their perspective, they are being hunted by no less than those who come from the Pharisee.

"They want you divided."

>>3926603

A lot of bloviating about "giving up the material world."

A thinly veiled threat of nihilism combined with "become part of a greater being".

"I" go nowhere in that model. I cease to be and simply feed an entity. Along with anyone else I knew and cared about. Or hated, for that matter.

You can't fool my eyes, LuciferAnon. Some light is shined to reveal. Some lights are shined to cast shadows.

>>3926827

I have "Tales of Berseria" on the mind at the moment…

And in it, there is the concept of "The savior of the world gave up on its people."

It's a damned good story. There are people who have compiled the cut-scenes and conversations into a sort of movie on the tube.

https://hooktube.com/watch?v=lthR_l5BbNA

It is at this time you realize a game has about five to eight times the screenplay of a movie….

>>3926906

So, spiritual socialism where the vapid construct of "the greater whole" rules things while the individual is both part of this greater whole yet miraculously not subjugated to it.

In other words - logically impossible.

I chose a picture of Shinji Ikari as one of the first profile pictures I ever used in the online world. If you don't understand why that is relevant to this conversation, then you're in over your head.