>>4956989 lb

*Yawn "my pagan gods"

There is a problem with your assertion that all of these are simply copied babylonian gods. Norse mythology. Slavic mythology. Germanic mythology. Chinese mythology.

Japanese mythology is even more interesting, as it has remained largely intact compared to the various wars and library burning of Eurasia. Are you familiar with the story of Izanagi and Izanami? Of Amaterasu, Susano'o, and Tsukuyomi?

If you want to insist that all of this is simply cultures copying from the babylonians, that's cool. However, I am very curious… When Q says they have everything, that means they have the Japanese Imperial Regalia given to the emperor by the gods.

Kusanagi

Yasakani Magatama

Yata mirror or "Eight Measure" Mirror.

Of course, the story is a bit more nuanced, but the Sega Dreamcast (Uzume, or Uzu-Yume for those who love word games) luredSun from a cave with a dance. The mirror reflected Amaterasu's beauty and she regained her confidence and stopped being an underworld dwelling emo.

These were later given to Amaterasu's grandson, who is effectively the progenitor of the Japanese imperial line after he pacified Japan (presumably as a warlord).

Supposedly, these three artifacts still exist and are kept within shinto shrines that the public can't access. I'm curious … What did the gods build with?

>>4957291

You're betraying your own lack of understanding of ancient spirituality, anon.

The "father god" concept is relatively new and came out of the Pharisee. The ancient tribal traditions had a much more diverse casting. Most ancient philosophies had a dualistic approach to things where not maternal. Apsu and Tiamat as the Taiyang and Taiyin equivalents.

Apsu, dragon of the sweet waters. Tiamat, dragon of the bitter (salt) waters. Tiamat is chaos, the infinite nothing (Taiyin), everything that could be. She is random and creates many horrors from the deep.

Apsu is order, the great inspiration (Taiyang), and gives form/sustenance to those things which should exist. It is this mixing of the waters, the swirling tides (Uzu) - in which life is created and nourished.

Gods didn't enter the picture until much later - and could be argued to be the children of this process. Other systems use Gaia and Uranus - earth and sky; adam and lilith…. But that's another story.

>>4957053 lb

Yes, anon, my statement applies to Christians in general.

Let me ask you a question. In the Bible, it says that those who do not "accept Jesus as their lord and savior" will go to hell, effectively. I won't get into a scriptural analysis because that leads us into places most people never venture.

Let's say your son or daughter does not do this. You both find yourself before judgment at the same time. Your child has done nothing "wrong" in life. They were no more or less perfect than their friend. They were even less perfect than the group of girls who got impregnated by their boyfriends in the choir loft.

How, under your spiritual belief, is your child to be judged? Let's reverse this. The priest who raped children in the basement accepts Jesus as his lord and savior. He gets to go to heaven, right?

https://hooktube.com/watch?v=i9bnYy4yPPk

You have nothing within your spiritual toolkit to address these issues. It is an area where christianity has absolutely no governance over its own philosophy. The rationalizations for why one is destroyed and another immortalized end up being completely arbitrary.

"It's not my decision, it is up to God."

Because when your child is about to be scoured from existence, you will join with its decision? Because you believe that god's wisdom is so eternal and all-encompassing that the rapist is forgiven while your child is not … Because your child is some kind of a risk to the peace of heaven?

Does heaven even exist? As a reward, it seems rather basic. A world of no pain is neat, and all, but being part of an endless chorus singing praise kind of seems dull to me. I've got better things to do with eternity, frankly.

Is… Heaven something else, then? Is it a place we go to after death, or is it a state of mind achievable for all?

The old pantheistic belief systems had much more interesting ways of dealing with these sorts of questions and scenarios. Twin Star Exorcists, for example, is the story of Izanagi and Izanami as Yang and Yin, more or less. It is the struggle between the divine aspect of our minds and the human reality of our lives. When you know the symbolism, you can call the plot.