I am from a Christian upbringing, so praying to "pagan" god/desses is a bit hard for me to do, with the fear implanted in my from my upbringing religion... you know deutoronomy 18 9-12, forbidding divination, contact with spirits, astrology, sacrifice exc...
Also throughout the bible, Yahweh mentions he is a jealous God and he is the Most High God, he rules the Universe pretty much how I interpret it, the alpha and omega...
I feel as if it is a Sin to pray to other Gods, though I want to ask them for assistance as I feel at time Yahweh is not meeting my needs on this earth... I feel maybe other God/desses could better help me grow and aid me in this path of life, which brings me to...
Is it fair for me to simply pray to these God/desses and ask for my needs or wants? are they offended, as if they are being used... after all, if they do exist and are not simply man made ideas, they do have emotions and thoughts of their own, motives exc, just as a human does, wouldn't you be offended if someone just came along asking you for things all the time but never doing anything else? I believe this is the concept of offering, you offer something of value to them in exchange for their service.
I feel I have been wronged, and I want justice on certain people that have been in my life, and I wonder if praying to A God that rules justice would be able to help me? or say I needed help in love and sex, would I pray to Venus or aphrodite, and are these God/desses jealous, as the Christian God, one day I may pray to Thor and the Next Isis, would they be offended, as if I am not giving them my full allegance, as Yahweh desires...
Also, please do not flame me or put me down for my upbringing and my Christian background, I'm simply looking for clarity here, from a pagan perspective, I have been quite interested in Magick and the spiritual world and arts, and alternative god/desssess for over a decade now, and have done much research, though the fear of betraying Yahweh and Jesus Christ scares me, hurting them, offending them, and even going to hell! Cause it says I am the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, the Most High God, it would seem as if he rules over all these god/dessess, if this is true, would it not make logical sense to go to the Most High God? instead of these "inferioir" or less powerful god/desses?
any insight? opinion?
Also throughout the bible, Yahweh mentions he is a jealous God and he is the Most High God, he rules the Universe pretty much how I interpret it, the alpha and omega...
I feel as if it is a Sin to pray to other Gods, though I want to ask them for assistance as I feel at time Yahweh is not meeting my needs on this earth... I feel maybe other God/desses could better help me grow and aid me in this path of life, which brings me to...
Is it fair for me to simply pray to these God/desses and ask for my needs or wants? are they offended, as if they are being used... after all, if they do exist and are not simply man made ideas, they do have emotions and thoughts of their own, motives exc, just as a human does, wouldn't you be offended if someone just came along asking you for things all the time but never doing anything else? I believe this is the concept of offering, you offer something of value to them in exchange for their service.
I feel I have been wronged, and I want justice on certain people that have been in my life, and I wonder if praying to A God that rules justice would be able to help me? or say I needed help in love and sex, would I pray to Venus or aphrodite, and are these God/desses jealous, as the Christian God, one day I may pray to Thor and the Next Isis, would they be offended, as if I am not giving them my full allegance, as Yahweh desires...
Also, please do not flame me or put me down for my upbringing and my Christian background, I'm simply looking for clarity here, from a pagan perspective, I have been quite interested in Magick and the spiritual world and arts, and alternative god/desssess for over a decade now, and have done much research, though the fear of betraying Yahweh and Jesus Christ scares me, hurting them, offending them, and even going to hell! Cause it says I am the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, the Most High God, it would seem as if he rules over all these god/dessess, if this is true, would it not make logical sense to go to the Most High God? instead of these "inferioir" or less powerful god/desses?
any insight? opinion?
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