The world has historically been full of many differing and conflicting religions. There are multiple ways to conceptualise the divine through theism, the majority theism in the world as of now is monotheism. I hold the opinion that the divine is inherently multifaceted and that we as individuals try to make sense of something so unknowable. We shouldn't punish people for experiencing something differently than how we do. I want to encourage more interfaith dialogues, the first step being approaching one another in good faith. We shouldn't see someone of a differing theology and say they are inherently wrong and should be punished. There are some misunderstandings on polytheism that I hope to shed a light on, in no way am I trying to convert anyone or be antagonistic towards monotheism.
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Being a part of a system means that I share my brain and life with other distinct personality states that have different values, beliefs, goals, likes and dislikes. Instead of forcing everyone to believe and do what I do, we all work together to make sure that we can all live a fulfilling life. A part of this life is allowing ourselves to explore different religions without shame or being made to feel like we are committing a grave sin.
Around half of us are atheists or agnostics, they often just say "well I don't really think about religion." and leave it at that. The other half are mostly polytheistic (maybe because we experience our being as many so why can't the divine experience it that way as well?) with one monotheist. It feels near impossible to find a physical community where we can allow ourselves to explore our individual religions. Australia isn't that aware of mental health outside of depression and generalised anxiety, having to explain to someone that I share my brain and life with other inside-people can lead to the assumption I'm possessed. This is may be absolutely useless to everyone else, but for us this is a good map of who we have been and want to be. When I say "I" I am also meaning "and who ever I was at that time."
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