Off Balance

[PRINCE_SALO]

Bright blessings to all

Lately I have seen and heard of a lot of Witches devoted to either the Goddess or the God. I know everyone has a choice to follow their own path within the Craft, but isn't there somethings that's a must. I love the Sun, but I can not see a world without the beauty of the Moon. They're two sides of the same divine power.

[mol]

I think you may have it...

any way you like.

[Mythrel]

it's as simple as black and white to me. I don't think there can be a god without a goddess. So I voted no because I believe in both a Goddess and a God (in fact a pantheon of Goddesses and Gods). I think that believing in only one God or Goddess is ignorant in my opinion. I can't fathom there being only one ultimate power that is out there. Who would they talk to...life for them would be boring! oh well, just my opinions...
Mythrel

[Illuminatus]

Originally posted by mol
I think you may have it...

any way you like.

Like Burger King!!!!

[stormyray]

I voted no.
This is my thought on it.
Can you have day without night??
How about good without evil???
male without female????
Balance is everything.

:sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:

[Earth Walker]

I do not believe in male god(s).....all life originates from the
Mother....women.

Just my 0.25 cents worth. :)

[Socharis]

i say no

[gunner]

this is not intended to slam any other belief, my patron is male but he is not an "only god". in the universe i see there is duality, day and night, male and female and it makes sense that there be the same in that which rules the universe, with neither being "superior" to the other but rather two parts of a whole. as with the classic "yin/yang" symbol that i could likely find in the avatar file if i went looking. so while i honor mithras as my diety i respect the others and their followers.

[Astara Seague]

balance in all things
one of each

[celticstorm76]

I voted no.
This is my thought on it.
Can you have day without night??
How about good without evil???
male without female????
Balance is everything.

:sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:

I whole heartedly agree with the above statment :)

[Ninjakitten]

I said yes, but I think that those who do are either making up for something in their lifes by overcompsensating in one area (like I found out I do with the Earth element, even though my astrological chart has no Earth at all) like to fill a need in the area, or Christianity botched things up for the person by being "monotheistic" and "having no Goddess" (I seem to manage to have one, but I'm not a mainstream Christian), and the person is used to having a God and no Goddess and is either comfortable with that or sick of that. None of that applies to everyone, but that's just my opinion on most people. I admit that I still yell at God for the bad things, but thank both the God and Goddess for the good things :lol:

[Protagonist]

I said yes. The whole concept of male and female is relatively new to life on earth, and when you're talking about a deity (which is, in theory incorporeal,) gender is merely a social construct. Pagans always rant about the Christians and their evil "dualism," but fail to realize they do the same thing; focusing on male and female, day and night, and often ignore the fact that some things are in between, or don't even fit the spectrum at all.

[BabyBird]

I said yes. I dislike the male/female duality because it suggests to me that neither male or female are whole without the other. This seems to deny both the male and female the individuality and respect each deserves as separate beings.
If you worship both a god and a goddess, that's fine. I have no problem with that. I just don't believe that one is necessary for the existance of the other.

[aluokaloo]

yeah sure why not, I mean even in ancient times it seemed like some people were specifically devoted to a deity, like the Cults of Bacchus,Isis, Mithras, Apollo,Artemis,Aphrodite, wow thats alot of A's etc. I don';t know if they were also devoted to other Gods, at the same time, but I suppose pne person could be, also if they believed that all Gods are one God and or all Goddesses are one Goddess, and they felt closer to one and uncomfortable with the other. Sure.

[Darakash]

I said yes. The whole concept of male and female is relatively new to life on earth, and when you're talking about a deity (which is, in theory incorporeal,) gender is merely a social construct. Pagans always rant about the Christians and their evil "dualism," but fail to realize they do the same thing; focusing on male and female, day and night, and often ignore the fact that some things are in between, or don't even fit the spectrum at all.

I voted yes as well and for very similar reasons to Protagonist's explanation above....It seems to me that the assigning of gender rolls and "masculine" and "feminine" qualities to the divine/deities/whatever you wish to call it, is a purely human construct....

And as Protag also touched on sort of ignores the neutral...I mean even in basic physics at the atomic level, we have Protons, Electrons and NEUTRONS.

If we are talking about yin/yang or push/pull or force/reaction kinds of duality, well, then there is also a place in the middle. People often talk about how important "balance" is, but we should not forget that balance=stillness, which can also = stagnation...when something reaches a state of balance, it stops changing, does it not? Is that the goal? I don't think it is for me.