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I agree. I also didn't get the feeling gods had anything to do with destiny.CommMayo wrote: ↑01 Sep 2018, 11:16 To me, it felt as if there really were no gods or goddesses, just everyday people pretending to interpret messages from their gods. While there were elements of mysticism, I never got the feeling that actual gods were at play shaping the destiny of the characters.
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Let me also add 60 million Nigerians (that's about a third of Nigeria's population).
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There are a lot of people who still believe in multiple gods and goddesses. Christianity and God are just one of the many religions in the world. No one can say who is right or wrong. And, just like in the real world, I think the people in this book were only assigning meaning and interpretations to the events around them. The dreams could also be caused because they were already thinking about it. Sometimes I fall asleep thinking about a problem and then I dream about it.
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You are right. In Islam, we also have our Holy book, Quran, which is an open guidance for every Muslim and mostly, we don't have to rely on clerics to interpret it for us. However, clerics are an important part of society to seek religious help.DancingLady wrote: ↑02 Sep 2018, 10:43This isn’t exactly true. Christians do not have to rely on the clergy to interpret the Bible for them. We have the Word in our own hands and the Holy Spirit in our hearts teaching us. Pastors and teachers are important and used by God, but everyone is responsible to check the words of the teachers with the scriptures themselves and make sure that the person they are listening to is speaking truth.CommMayo wrote: ↑02 Sep 2018, 09:37But don't modern societies fall on the same crutch with their God that the ancient ones do? We rely on people of the cloth to interpret God's teachings for us. These priests, bishops, pastors, rabbis are all giving us their interpretation and leading us where they want us to go. Historically, God was used to support slavery and the refusal to give full rights to women. Now it is used to control women's medical decisions and if a person can marry the person they love. Honestly, I see no difference between those villagers watching an animal being slaughtered for a sign from the gods and a person who won't bake a cake for a couple because their pastor said the Bible claims that homosexuality is a sin (it isn't, by the way).