[UA] Son of God (was: What Do You Beleive?)

[James O'Rance]

"James McGraw" <pdytjem at nottingham.ac.uk> said:

 >>>I don't go to church, but the church I don't go to is definitely 
Catholic<<<

*laugh*

That's a good point. I hold some heretical views, but they're *Catholic* 
heretical views. I have the email address to prove it 
(heretic at catholic.org).

If the world was ending tomorrow and I had to pick an organised religion, 
Catholic would be second on the list. Buddhist might make it into first 
position, because I really doubt the Catholic God would prevent the Dalai 
Lama from entering the Kingdom of Heaven. And if a mass-murderer can 
suddenly realise enlightenment one day, then I have at least an outside shot 
(which is more than I can say for Islam - I'd be screwed).


Sudden thought: how do the religious orientations of archetypes affect the 
Invisible Clergy as a whole and subsequent godhead? Is monotheism such a 
powerful force in the world because a whole bunch of monotheist folks began 
ascending in the ancient world?

After all, we don't have a concrete death for Akhenaten. A book that I was 
reading recently ("The Head of God") claims that he didn't die, but went 
into exile in the Sinai, and returned years later to lead his faithful to 
life in a new land. If you can't pick where that story comes from, go back 
to Bible school.

Here's an Archetype for Akhenaten: Son of God (in a personal sense, rather 
than the ritualistic sense of most pharaohs). He was clearly booted by 
Jesus, though (who also had a personal relationship with God as a father). 
There are undoubtedly other people who channeled the archetype, but it's 2 
am here and I can only be so clever at this hour.

Eeek - I just realised, I've made a self-fulfilling prophecy. Fortunately I 
always maintain that I might be wrong, so if I've chanelled Hitler as 
demagogue, I'm about 1-2% away from breaking taboo. Phew!


Cheers,

James O’Rance
“Divine being creates petting zoo. It gets out of hand.”
- The Bible (summarised by John W. Mangrum)

http://www.geocities.com/dragon-dreamer/






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