tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post117080778151578741..comments2023-12-25T01:26:27.096-07:00Comments on Radical Goddess Thealogy: PEACEFUL ProtestsAthanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1171091402286072642007-02-10T00:10:00.000-07:002007-02-10T00:10:00.000-07:00So many Goddesses were turned into evil demons by ...So many Goddesses were turned into evil demons by conquering hoardes. The simple truth is that you have to clear a field before you can plow it, cut down a tree to build a house with it. A Witch who cannot hex cannot heal because the pain, illness, malady whatever has to be killed or destroyed. When we eat, something dies so we can live, even if that something is a head of lettuce or the grain toMorgainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074112467402675609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170951254192824702007-02-08T09:14:00.000-07:002007-02-08T09:14:00.000-07:00For what it's worth, Kali isn't exactly a war godd...For what it's worth, Kali isn't exactly a war goddess, unless you include the war on the asuras (demons) -- which is different than, say, a war on living beings. She's associated with death and devouring time (to which we are all subject, no matter how we kick it); she destroys illusions. Her role in Hinduism is complex, and war isn't a part of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170901015473399732007-02-07T19:16:00.000-07:002007-02-07T19:16:00.000-07:00It always amazes me that people go the most exclus...It always amazes me that people go the most exclusivist extreme when we talk about the Goddess. They're so stuck in their black and white thinking that they project it onto Goddess worshippers. We don't think that way. Goddess being good doesn't mean men are bad - it's not the opposite of patriarchy, where "god" is "good" and everyone else is a myth or a demon and women are inferior. <BR/><BR/>I Morgainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074112467402675609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170897347927934952007-02-07T18:15:00.000-07:002007-02-07T18:15:00.000-07:00Okay, anon, you little ever-present rascal you. I...Okay, anon, you little ever-present rascal you. I have no idea what you're referring to. Of course there are women who are violent. Who said there weren't? But there are entire societies in which women aren't violent, and in which men aren't violent. Go check out peacefulsocieties.org.Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170895981234670462007-02-07T17:53:00.000-07:002007-02-07T17:53:00.000-07:00Oh yeah, because women are never, ever violent.Oh yeah, because women are never, ever violent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170894556056973682007-02-07T17:29:00.000-07:002007-02-07T17:29:00.000-07:00Renee, No, not all gods are war gods. And certainl...Renee, No, not all gods are war gods. And certainly not all gods are evil. And the War Goddesses aren't good. Originally they were, but my belief is that they're distorted versions of that aspect of the Great Mother Earth Goddess that grows incredibly in energy and power when any of us, Her children, are threatened. <BR/><BR/>The Daddy War Gods need to be replaced multilaterally across the world.Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170894412368040992007-02-07T17:26:00.000-07:002007-02-07T17:26:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170894349155655182007-02-07T17:25:00.000-07:002007-02-07T17:25:00.000-07:00Dear anon, No, not all gods are war gods. And cer...Dear anon, No, not all gods are war gods. And certainly not all gods are evil. And the War Goddesses aren't good. Originally they were, but my belief is that they're distorted versions of that aspect of the Great Mother Earth Goddess that grows incredibly in energy and power when any of us, Her children, are threatened. <BR/><BR/>The Daddy War Gods need to be replaced multilaterally across Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170892748200349832007-02-07T16:59:00.000-07:002007-02-07T16:59:00.000-07:00One more question...What do you do when faced with...One more question...<BR/><BR/>What do you do when faced with folks trying to proselytize to you? Seriously, what do you say to them, how do you react?<BR/><BR/>Renee<BR/>MarylandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170891708655317102007-02-07T16:41:00.000-07:002007-02-07T16:41:00.000-07:00You mean the war goddesses created by the War Gods...<I>You mean the war goddesses created by the War Gods? </I><BR/><BR/>You know...I'd try to respond further, but all I get from that response is if I say anything else, all I'm going to hear is the same stuff all over again. Gods are evil, goddesses are good (except now for the war goddesses spawned of the war gods of course. Oh, and all gods are war gods, right?)<BR/><BR/>I'll stick with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170889348858296052007-02-07T16:02:00.000-07:002007-02-07T16:02:00.000-07:00Okay. The Morrigan are goddesses of the "aristocr...Okay. The Morrigan are goddesses of the "aristocratic warrior culture" that routed the people who lived in Europe before them. Same with Kali. Both the Celts and the Hindus are warrior cultures. The Great Mother Earth deity who existed before these war-like Indo-Europeans hit would never do the kinds of things the Morrigan and Kali do. Like any healthy mother, the Great Mother would engage Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170887073130927082007-02-07T15:24:00.000-07:002007-02-07T15:24:00.000-07:00Well, just to start the process, how about The Mor...Well, just to start the process, how about The Morrigan and Kali?<BR/><BR/>One who is unwilling to fight when necessary cedes power to those who are. While I don't think that the war in Iraq is necessary, I'm familiar enough with human nature to know that wars will not go away while humans are at this level of advancement. I am a pacifist, but a well-armed one.<BR/><BR/>--not the previous Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170886693347005822007-02-07T15:18:00.000-07:002007-02-07T15:18:00.000-07:00You mean the war goddesses created by the War Gods...You mean the war goddesses created by the War Gods?Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1170864395270396382007-02-07T09:06:00.000-07:002007-02-07T09:06:00.000-07:00So um....have you never heard of war goddesses?Ren...So um....have you never heard of war <I>goddesses</I>?<BR/><BR/>Renee<BR/>MarylandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com