By this I mean, aside from discrete, self conscious and settled aware individuals who are not ideas made up by people. What other ways might deities exist, and how might they be served or worshiped in these instances? I can see how 'real' (I put real on inverted commas because the idea of real in the natural world doesn't work out with gods, generally) clear and independent gods might be worshiped, but I can't see how gods may exist in other senses. Do they exist in other senses at all in other religions, traditionally?
The reason I ask is that, by no deliberate consideration when I was driving home from college today, and I don't believe in gods, any gods, but I suddenly found myself thinking about two figures with distinct personalities. I don't know why, but I don't really know what to do with them. They don't seem to have any clear basis on pre-existing gods and I want feeling particularly inspired as I drove home on the motorway.
The reason I ask is that, by no deliberate consideration when I was driving home from college today, and I don't believe in gods, any gods, but I suddenly found myself thinking about two figures with distinct personalities. I don't know why, but I don't really know what to do with them. They don't seem to have any clear basis on pre-existing gods and I want feeling particularly inspired as I drove home on the motorway.
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