I think I get it- it's panentheism to some extent, and a focus on seeing G-d in all these different aspects rather than a real belief in multiple gods, for you?
So what about it makes you call yourself a pagan? I mean, you're saying that both idolatry and polytheism are fallacies. It certainly feels heterodox, but it doesn't Sound like paganism to me, to be honest. I mean, are you really saying that there are multiple deities, or that there's one deity with many ways of thinking of said deity? If the latter is paganism, then Christianity is in trouble, and even Judaism in traditional forms gets into some trouble- as you've pointed out, we have plenty of G-d names and imaginations of G-d within the tradition proper.
I'm still trying to understand this trouble with Other Religions are Not For Us. If you don't limit yourself to the (pretty darn wide and ecclectic) limits of Judaism (or Judaisms, as some would put it), then how do you decide what Is outside the pale? And what makes it all Jewish for you?
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So what about it makes you call yourself a pagan? I mean, you're saying that both idolatry and polytheism are fallacies. It certainly feels heterodox, but it doesn't Sound like paganism to me, to be honest. I mean, are you really saying that there are multiple deities, or that there's one deity with many ways of thinking of said deity? If the latter is paganism, then Christianity is in trouble, and even Judaism in traditional forms gets into some trouble- as you've pointed out, we have plenty of G-d names and imaginations of G-d within the tradition proper.
I'm still trying to understand this trouble with Other Religions are Not For Us. If you don't limit yourself to the (pretty darn wide and ecclectic) limits of Judaism (or Judaisms, as some would put it), then how do you decide what Is outside the pale? And what makes it all Jewish for you?