Seeker

Whoa! I'm sorry I missed this earlier...

These 'other' religions did not just spring out of the ground. A lot of the perceived 'other' religions actually stem from the base religion or worshipping of Gaia, the feminine mother to all of nature, before the times of Christ! It was a 'gold bull' that was being worshiped when Moses came down from the mountain... that was very representative of the "Age of Taurus" in which mankind were mastering agricultural and survival needs, these times were a very matriarchal and feminine age in which fertility cults flourished... coming into the "Age of Aries", we began to move to a more patriarchal age, males took over the ruling and the age of dominating and suppressing the female aspects of worship. It's where our 'instincts' gave way to our 'rational minds'. Development of ego, individuation, philosophical developments by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle gave rise to the "masculine archetypal principle", and after a couple of thousand years... ego was very much the rule, over and above mother nature.

Then enter Jesus and Buddha... their teachings bringing the concept that that ego development wasn’t enough; the ego must be yoked to something greater through sacrifice and non-attachment. So, enter again the rebirth of the oldest religions where the feminine and nature worshipping is reviving old roots in Paganism, Goddess worship etc...

I can't see how you can state that 'other' religions sprung outta nowhere... much of it has roots going back to the beginning of times...

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