Re: Is my God your God, your point of view?
In a sense I suppose this is correct, though not in the sense that would mean that one religion is the same as another, and coming at it from a Shinto perspective. For example, Jesus of Nazareth may not have been the son of God to me, but I will acknowledge that his spirit and thus Kami have been enshrined and revered by more than two billion people. In this way, the Christian Jesus is essentially a Kami, but this changes the nature of the interpretation of Jesus.
I am pretty sure that the same could be applied to Gods or Goddesses of other religions as well, so I would say that they are largely the same, in terms of the reasoning described above, but that things like interpretation, spiritual beliefs and rituals, to name a few, vary considerably from the original religion.
I think that should get the general concept across, but I agree that trying to think over all the different religions and Gods and Goddesses hurts my head a little.
Originally posted by motherearth
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I am pretty sure that the same could be applied to Gods or Goddesses of other religions as well, so I would say that they are largely the same, in terms of the reasoning described above, but that things like interpretation, spiritual beliefs and rituals, to name a few, vary considerably from the original religion.
I think that should get the general concept across, but I agree that trying to think over all the different religions and Gods and Goddesses hurts my head a little.
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