You are wrong in the statement you made about pegan gods deriving their power from outside sources (earth, air, fire, water) in fact they are the (for lack of a better term) personification of the element. This is a common misconception since most people do not accurately learn what peganism entails. I have been a practicing pegan (which is not a specific religion, but a grouping that is non-christian) for over 10 years. And it (*&^%) me off when people give out inaccurate information.

P.S.
Judaism is a non-pegan religion, since it is a part of christianity (in fact the foundation of christianity).

sad just sad you would go and write such a debokery it is clear you have a true pation for yer religion and a true hatred for peganism so i ask you then what does yer opinion matter id much rather here from someone who is open minded and free from labeling themself rather than someone who would put such time just to state that there own god is all powerfull while other gods have limitations to there powers well i ask you this if there was a god would there be only one is it beyond yer consemption of vreative thinking to wonder who or what created that god or is he the most boring being ever to exist and for eternity twitled his thumb till the idea came about to create life well enough said i only felt i should write you what you asked for and i hope that one day you realise that it is nothing more than a book and that heaven is with in you and one day you come to peace with yer self and the ones around you and transend to a better state of mind

ps you spelt paganism wrong

Pressed,
You claim to be stating facts, but I fail to see any facts stated by you. Stating a fact means that you’re stating something which is provable. I see none of this in your writing. Please correct me if I’m wrong. The ideas that your conveying in your writing refer to the King James and other english translations of the bible which are NOT literal or accurate translations of the original text.
I don’t know if you’ve explored the original Hebrew text of the old testament, but it clearly refers to a plurality of gods creating the sky and the Earth. The word “Elohim” is the plural reference - “El” being the generic word for “god” and “him” meaning “more than one”. For example, one cherub is simply refered to as “cherub”, many “cherub’s” is correctly refered to as “cherubHIM”, and so on. You can do the research yourself using Strong’s Hebrew Lexicon (or you can use any credible translator or lexicon that you like - it’ll show up the same). There are actually many refereces to Elohim in the Old testament. Really, the concept of Duality (One Good God - One Evil Satan) wasn’t introduced until the last millenia BC.
I’m not trying to knock anyone’s religion, or say that one religion is true and others are not, I’m just stating matters of provable evidence. The Hebrew OT text is the oldest text that exists, and it says nothing about one god creating the earth or a heirarchy of angels maybe helping God create the earth. It’s “gods” literally.
If you’re going to accept the bible as truth, then you should accept the very first verse - Gen 1:1 which should probably been translated as “The land and the water were created by gods first”. This was the way that the writer put it (that writer being Moses, if you so choose). That being the case, there’s much more of a similarity between christianity and paganism than you would infer in your prior statements. It leaves little room for your ideas of duality.
Thanks for reading, and good luck in all of your endeavors.

j: In regards to your last post about the content filter: A reply containing a picture of pornographic nature is however, not something I want to see. I appriciate Pressed’s measures to prevent me seeing such content post in the comments of his blog. It has happened before. Dirty pictures are a little different than dirty words.

Pressed:One point you made in your arguement was that the G-D of the Israelites is not another pagan deity because He does not have have petty and weak human-like qualities. You say pagan gods are clearly created by man because they have these characteristics and they have a history that includes wars btwn good/evil and bearing children who are gods just like their parents. So I ask, isn’t our G-D, the HOLY ONE of Israel, a jealous G-D? and angry at times? Getting angry at something that is below you and jealous at what it has created (as possible competition for you) seems truly like a person whom we would refer to as an idiot. My beliefs are very similar to yours Pressed and to say the least I am impressed with your site so I am asking for your opinion as to how could our G-D, the single perfect existance our minds can barely grasp, even for a second appear in such a different light?

Any opinions/ideas from any or all are appreciated
Ty.

K,
You say our G-D desires and demands obediance from us and; you say that in fact He demands our all. Knowing this, you admit you are still not perfect and have daily transgressions, which is pefectly understandable since you are only human. But with that said, my previous statement implies that we will always mess up and it is such a casual occurance that we can expect such a behavior from our fellow neighbors. My point is perhaps the bar was set too high and if this is a known fact why would such behavior anger the All-Knowing G-D, especially since He was going to provide atonement anyways Himself. This resembles a “there is no hero without the villain” scenario. We would not need a Saviour if He was not a jealous G-D who is angered by our slip ups. I wanted to avoid the Saviour in this discussion because my questions concerning Him and His nature are numerous and I just want to clear up my previous question of how can our perfect G-D get angry at us and threaten to severely punish us when He Himself knows we cannot live up to His expectations. His wrath scares us into obedience, it just seems like a characteristic we would see in a bad parent who then later glorifies themselves claiming they are so good because they put food on the table or did something else that they are supposed to do in the first place. We, as His children, cannot be held responsible for not being perfect and so I think His anger cannot be justified, and His anger leading to His wrath is further unjustified. Who would get angry and beat a child who didn’t know any better? not a perfect parent but rather an average human parent who just lost their temper and regretted it later. So once again I’m lost as to how can our G-D, the single perfect existance our minds can barely grasp, get jealous, angry, and even wrathful?