What god believes in you?

[mount_oregano]

You may sometimes be asked about your religious faith — that is: What god do you believe in? That’s a good question, but I’d like to propose a different one: What god believes in you?

It may be that the gods get a choice, too. Your choice and divine choice may or may not coincide. Whether you want it or not, Allah may be showering you with mercy and compassion. Jesus may have saved your soul. A variety of other gods may be trying hard to show you truth and enlightment.

Or you might have attracted the attention of lesser-known gods.

The Roman god Fascinus represented the divine phallus and can protect you from the evil eye and other forms of malicious enchantment. The Roman Empire fell, but gods are eternal, so Fascinus may be hovering around you, facing potential bad luck and nullifying it before it can do you harm. (Don’t ask how.)

The Maya gods of the underworld try to bring you death. Ahalpuh, for example, will cause infection and pus. However, the Maya underworld gods are lesser gods. They were defeated, and their powers were curtailed. They may come for you, but you have the power to thwart their plans.

Other gods can bring you fertility, war, safe travel, victory, greed, earthquakes, or even tempt you to suicide. If you feel that presence, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255. This is another lesser god that you can successfully defy.

Our world has a lot of gods. Which one(s) would be attracted to you, whether you would welcome their attention or not — and why? This question may be not just about their belief in you, but in your own belief in yourself.

Comments

[cmcmck]

I'd quite like it if Freya believed in me! :o)

[mount_oregano]

She would have your back!

[lydy]

I don't believe in God (Protestant Christian flavor), but I sometimes wish he believed in me. I wish that there was a God who could look at my father, all the parts of him, and see him for what he was. I can't. He is this complex and malign force in my early life, and I know that he had his challenges. I know he was very kind to some people, and very cruel to others. And I wish that there was some entity that could truly know him, and see him, fully judge him. Maybe even offer him compassion, if that's what that entity is into. And if that entity could do that, then it could probably see me, too. And it would be a comfort, to be seen. Really seen.

[mount_oregano]

A god of infinite wisdom and unconditional love.

[pjthompson]

I seem to have a multiplicity of them. Not all necessarily vying for my attention or approval, but buffeting me up on their wings now and again. Sometimes feathery, sometimes leathery. :-) I don't want to insult anybody, so I appreciate all their help(s).

Or maybe I just have commitment issues?