“Road-weary, overwhelmed by the magnitude of the difficulties we face during our brief days, we are tempted to despair or to settle for cheap optimism. But in the deep place of the spirit, we are moved and called forth to undertake this ongoing adventure by the yearning, restless and creative One who – though called by the ten thousand names of God – is still clothed in marvelous silence.” – Sam Keen: Hymns To An Unknown God

I think that the three major western religions are operating under a misinterpritation of the concept of monotheism.  Monotheism is the belief of ONE divine being; One God.  This concept, having been born in Judaic based western religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), has been interpreted as the Western ideal of "GOD" being the ONLY acceptible divine concept at the expense of all others.   The concept of "One True God" is far to narrow in focus and scope to truely encompass the enormity of "GOD/The Divine".  


I think that GOD,being infinite in space and time is also infinite in conceptualization.  What I mean by "Infinite in Conceptualization" is this,  Picture, if you will, an infintly huge, infinitly faceted crystaline gem.  Each facet represents the "godview" of each and every sentient being in all of existance capable of having "spirituality". Even Atheists, agnostincs, Scientologists, each and every concept of "God" is represented.

 Facets blink in and out as we gain a spritual opinion and blink out when we cease to be. Each and every facet is equally valid, none is more or less correct than the other.   There are beings that can only comprehend and see just their facet, That do not , cannot , will not acknowledge the existance of any facet other than thier own. There are the enlightend who are blessed with the ability to accept, comprehend and glance at more facets than just thier own. But there cannot and not be any otherthan GOD who can understand the entirety that I call the Infinity of the Divine.

Humm?

The Divine is actually not quite so infinite It is just really really big .

And the Divine can be understood, it is just that one can not put this understanding into words because there are no words, words are too limiting (to dimensional). And for the most part, it is sort of like trying to teach advanced Astrophysics math to kindergardeners. They go, "ya right ." and go back to finger painting!

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Love you!

sunmystic

Sorry Sunmystice, I was busy eating paste

Perhaps it is not the one-God concept that is at fault, so much as the definitions (and there are many) this one deity.  Wars are faught over my God is better than your God, when in reality, there is only one God.  

There are just so many facets and faces of that one God.  There is something to suit every seeker.