Merry Christmas, /prog/!

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>>2
Be ye goodly, at least on the day of Christ's Nativity.

Many consider the idea of "one" God a step backward. Monotheism, it is claimed, is clumsy - it attributes everything to a single fons et origo and then forbids us to examine this resultant "Everything Factory" because it is beyond human comprehension. In other words, monotheism is just another, more pernicious symptom of atheism or agnosticism, except that the believers create a fetishistic idol and then stand in awe of their own ignorance, which it represents.

The Egyptians were not such sticklers about keeping boundaries between monotheism and polytheism. If the Xtians were honest they'd admit that the Trinity is pure polytheism. Indeed, not even the Jews are strictly monotheistic, as their hierarchies of angels indicate, as the Hebrew language itself betrays its polytheistic origins. And as Hakim Bey says, if the muslims understood Islam, they'd worship idols.

>>4
I agree with you.

>>4
Catholics and Orthodox worship saints as well. It's just stupid evangelical shits that go IDOLATRY IDOLATRY IDOLATRY HERESY

>>6
I'm not sure if saints can be compared to deities. From my understanding, they are worshipping the actions the saints did in a metaphorical way. Though I could be incorrect.

>>7
Many people of both faiths are ignorant of their religion, this makes different groups of people worshiping saints for different reasons.
I am not aware of the official position of the orthodox church but I remember reading the one of the catholic faith.

>>7
It depends on whether you are talking about Lay Catholicism or Catholicism according to the Church.

In Lay Catholicism, it can be anything you want. The pictures of Mary that you keep on your refrigerator with a magnet is looking down, watching over all and can grant miracles, or maybe just relay a message to god for you, it depends on who you ask. When you die, you will go be an angel and can spy on the living and have mass orgies and all kinds of fun stuff. The religion is only limited by the span of your imagination while sitting in a pew with a hang over on Sunday morning.

I don't know what the official Church idea is, but as long as you're up to date on your tithe, they don't appear to care what you believe.

but dawkins told me

check 'em

>>10

dawkins told you to >>11

What's a /prog/?

>>13
It's a city.