The Holy Ghost. My opinion.

[blkct]

Hi all,

First post here.

I have been a Christian all my life (25 years), but was always facinated with Paganism. Many aspects of Paganism make a lot of sense to me, and this past year I began to follow a Pagan path.

After a few months, I missed parts of Christianity, and was really stuck as to what to do. After searching, and thinking about things for a long time, I had a revelation. The New Testament is really vague when it comes to how to pray to God and how to worship. I then realized that I could incorporate a lot of the Pagan principals into my Christianity and not be violating either of them.

I really connected with the idea that there is male and female aspects of God. After all, how did God the Father have a Son without God the Mother? Then it clicked. What about the Holy Spirit? In the Bible, there is no gender attached to the Holy Ghost. I figure that somewhere in the translation of the Bible, the gender of the Ghost was deleted either by accident or on purpose. The Holy Ghost has many feminine qualities in the Bible, and I think that Solomon was talking about Her in Proverbs when he is talking about Wisdom.

Thus I came to the conclusion that Christianity is as polytheistic as any mainstream Pagan path. When I figured that out, Christianity made a lot more sense to me. I now have a prayer ritual where I pray to God the Father, God the Holy Ghost, my heavenly Mother, and God the Son my Saviour. It feels really good.

I don't have this thing figured out all the way. I have many questions to answer, but many more questions have been answered after I figured this out. I guess I am more of a Magickal Christian now than anything.

[zionwood]

I, too, have thought of the Holy Spirit as feminine. Some of the (Christian) Goddess symbols for my altar are doves for this reason.

[LostSheep]

Hi all,

First post here.

I have been a Christian all my life (25 years), but was always facinated with Paganism. Many aspects of Paganism make a lot of sense to me, and this past year I began to follow a Pagan path.

After a few months, I missed parts of Christianity, and was really stuck as to what to do. After searching, and thinking about things for a long time, I had a revelation. The New Testament is really vague when it comes to how to pray to God and how to worship. I then realized that I could incorporate a lot of the Pagan principals into my Christianity and not be violating either of them.

I really connected with the idea that there is male and female aspects of God. After all, how did God the Father have a Son without God the Mother? Then it clicked. What about the Holy Spirit? In the Bible, there is no gender attached to the Holy Ghost. I figure that somewhere in the translation of the Bible, the gender of the Ghost was deleted either by accident or on purpose. The Holy Ghost has many feminine qualities in the Bible, and I think that Solomon was talking about Her in Proverbs when he is talking about Wisdom.

Thus I came to the conclusion that Christianity is as polytheistic as any mainstream Pagan path. When I figured that out, Christianity made a lot more sense to me. I now have a prayer ritual where I pray to God the Father, God the Holy Ghost, my heavenly Mother, and God the Son my Saviour. It feels really good.

I don't have this thing figured out all the way. I have many questions to answer, but many more questions have been answered after I figured this out. I guess I am more of a Magickal Christian now than anything.

i agree; the whole point of what Jesus was saying, as I see it, is that you should approach God in any way that feels right to you, and not just have to follow all the procedures and rituals the temple (and now, of course, the church) insist on. I think that was the way he saw God, as being everywhere and in everyone, so that's why I don't see his teaching as being incompatible with pagan views of Go0d in nature.

[Bella Canolli]

In the OT Holy Ghost is referenced at female, even called Sophia(wisdom). Holy Spirit is; wisdom, intuitive, the comforter, an compassion, these all traits we traditionally an mainly associate with female.

There is a passage in the OT which refers to the Holy Spirit giving suckle to David, a symbolic of nurturing him as he was in the desert . Now, I ask you, who gives suckle?
As above so below. Man is created in the image of God. So, why do we have on earth father, mother, child, yet we are to believe that in heaven it is Father, Son, and Male Spirit? Not logical.

Yes, you hit a wonderful point blkct, after being pagan, learning the rich culture of symbols, then returning to read the bible, it sure does take on a whole new outlook.