QUOTE(TheBornLoser @ Apr 23 2020, 06:29 PM)
That's a great share. Another example of an "inter-faith" battle between beings in addition to the ones shared by ladytarot and BillCollector.
Not to judge or make sweeping assumptions, but honestly, certain religions have probably made quite a few "spiritual enemies" with the very black and white way they view things. The way you described the Aztec / Incan deity's revenge against followers of the Abrahamic religions? Textbook example. One actually wonders whether these deities / beings were even originally evil in the first place, or whether their current form now has been "shaped" by the process and history they have been viewed by others and how their followers have been treated.
What I am trying to say is that if you treat me as a demonic being, and you wipe out my followers and devotees because you think they are devil worshipers or not following the "correct" religion, why wouldn't that corrupt me and turn me into something that I originally wasn't?! Even demigods / semi-divine beings are not fully free of the karmic cycle just yet.
But meh, honestly, between the demon who take possession of one or two lives at a time, and conquistadors who wiped out millions of souls "just because".... I know who are the true devils in this case.....
I think all religion preaches the same thing, which is "Do Good Deeds". It's the people that twist religion to suit their needs (Penunggang Agama) that is creating a world of problems, problems that have generated hate for hundreds of years between people. Not to judge or make sweeping assumptions, but honestly, certain religions have probably made quite a few "spiritual enemies" with the very black and white way they view things. The way you described the Aztec / Incan deity's revenge against followers of the Abrahamic religions? Textbook example. One actually wonders whether these deities / beings were even originally evil in the first place, or whether their current form now has been "shaped" by the process and history they have been viewed by others and how their followers have been treated.
What I am trying to say is that if you treat me as a demonic being, and you wipe out my followers and devotees because you think they are devil worshipers or not following the "correct" religion, why wouldn't that corrupt me and turn me into something that I originally wasn't?! Even demigods / semi-divine beings are not fully free of the karmic cycle just yet.
But meh, honestly, between the demon who take possession of one or two lives at a time, and conquistadors who wiped out millions of souls "just because".... I know who are the true devils in this case.....
People in the olden days, they are more intuned with Nature, their shamanistic practices mostly due to the fact that they came into contact with certain "beings". As human intellect continues to advance and the sciences are able to explain more things with physics, math, chemistry and biology, we started to see the practices of our ancestors as superstitious. There are wisdom in the practices and knowledge left by our ancestors, it's just that the science as not reach a stage where it is able to explain them.
And yes, I do agree with you, if I was a demi-god and one morning I woke up to find my followers all missing and my offerings no more, then I will be super pissed, and then I found out it was this fella from the middle east that stole my followers, I sure will do all in my power to wack 9 them.
Apr 23 2020, 07:28 PM

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