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Post by zirkmct on Dec 9, 2022 23:32:28 GMT -6
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Post by aquae on Dec 10, 2022 18:38:47 GMT -6
This type of question comes up a lot in Neoplatonism and Gnosticism and such, to me the answer is simple but it can also be hard to understand from the framework of some organized religions.
Instead of saying God = Good and thus the opposite of Satan I would say God is the whole of entirety, and Good and Evil are like a hypostasis.
This type of belief can be explained simply through Zurvanite beliefs in Zoroastrianism. Orthodox Zoroastrians believe in an eternal battle/duality between Ahura Mazda (God) and Angra Manyu (Satan) which would lead one to ask the question that your picture is asking. Zurvanites instead believe that the god Zurvan is the source of reality, which leads to the acknowledgement that Ahura Mazda and Angra Manyu are equal and valid parts of the whole of Zurvan. So Zurvan is all powerful but he is not innately good, thus why he is manifest as both Ahura Mazda and Angra Manyu.
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Post by zirkmct on Dec 10, 2022 19:31:30 GMT -6
I think that sort of conceptualization of God is most apt, especially the part about Them being without passion; I've always had a soft spot for dualism, and Manichaeism specifically. God just simply *is*.
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