What might be the best god/goddess?? What god/goddess might you choose?

[nostalgicaboutmyfutr]

So let's pretend you were in the market for a 'god', and the current front-runner (yaweh) were not a choice.

What god might you consider to be a 'next' choice? Thor, Isis? Other? What special power or reason why you identified with that god?

I am not asking you to believe in a god per se, just wondering who else might you root for. Imagine the gods were like football teams. I know you don't 'follow' football, but if you did which team (god/goddess) might you pick?

This is just an exercise to help understand who might be considered a 'better god'. This is also tied to conversations I have had with others about how everyone is an atheist to some degree, since most christians don't believe in Thor or any other of the "gods" that have been.

In fact, I always get a funny look if I mention that an atheist and a christian disbelieve in 99.99% of the same gods....it is just that atheists have one more on the list that christians don't...

Thanks for the feedback! I wonder who might win?

[Neoma]

1. Ra.

[backscatter712]

2. The Lords of Kobol.

So say we all!!!

[mr blur]

3. Blind Io

Or Offler the Crocodile God.

[dmallind]

15. Come now if we're going to get Pterrian

we should surely consider Bilious, the Oh God of Hangovers.

[wyldwolf]

4. Xochiquetzal

...personified...

[EvolveOrConvolve]

6. Yes

I've been worshiping at that temple for several years.

[dimbear]

5. Fortuna, the goddess of luck. She is actually very popular

in America. See a casino or a sporting event.

[Curmudgeoness]

7. Gaia, Greek goddess of the earth....

because she is really cool. And if I were to say that I "worship" anything, it is nature and the earth.

http://gogreece.about.com/od/greekmythology/a/mythgaiagaea.htm

Gaia's Strengths:She is a primal mother goddess, complete in herself.

Gaia's Weaknesses: She brought forth from her own body Uranus, to be her companion.

Gaia's Parents:None. She is "born" of Chaos, but this not really a birth; as Chaos receded, Gaia came into being.

Gaia's Spouse: Uranus; then Tartarus, Pontus,

Children of Gaia: Oceanus, Coeus, Crius,the Titans Hyperion and Iapetus, Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tethys, Cronus, and Python, among hundreds of others.

Some Major Temple Sites of Gaia: She was usually worshipped in the open or in caves.

Gaia's Basic Story:Gaia was the first deity, from whom all others sprang. But Uranus, her first creation, was lusty and cruel to Gaia. Gaia persuaded her other children to help her subdue their father. Cronus, her son, took a flint sickle and castrated his father, throwing his severed organs into the great sea. The goddess Aphrodite was then born of the mixing of the blood and foam. Gaia went on to have children with other mates.

[Behind the Aegis]

12. Actually, Khaos (Chaos) came before Gaia.

Hesiod, Theogony 116 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) :
"Verily at the first Khaos came to be, but next wide-bosomed Gaia (Earth), the ever-sure foundations of all the deathless ones who hold the peaks of snowy Olympus . . . From Khaos came forth Erebos and black Nyx (Night)." (source: Khaos)

This is from The Theoi Project, which is an AWESOME site for those interested in Greek mythology. It has references to classical literature and, sometimes, indications of the first time a god is mentioned. It is a really neat site. Here's Gaia's page: Gaia.

[Warren Stupidity]

8. Pan.

At least you get dancing, music, nature, and horny sex.

[dimbear]

13. There's a downside. Panic.

Those old gods got around.

[RebelOne]

18. Yes/ I have a ceramic statute of him. He is bright red and so cute. n/t

[yortsed snacilbuper]

9. Zeus

[Behind the Aegis]

10. Athena.

The only other one I could see winning would be Khaos.

[laconicsax]

11. I'm a fan of Vectron.

For Vectron!

[cynatnite]

14. Well, my personal favorite isn't your typical by-the-book god...

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[CrispyQ]

21. Outstanding choice!

[dmallind]

16. Of the "real" ones I guess I have to opt for the later Vedic Brahman.

But Om has a nice worldview among fictional (intentionally fictional, natch) gods.

[GliderGuider]

17. Myself

After all, my consciousness creates the universe I experience. If that ain't a special power, I don't know what is.

[Iggo]

19. Woman.

For obvious reasons.

[AlbertCat]

20. How about the Deist god of Thomas Jefferson?

Because, once he starts things rolling, he doesn't interfere.


That or Jeff, the god of biscuits. And Simon, the god of hairdos.

[Odin2005]

22. Odin, of course!

[Act_of_Reparation]

23. Marduk

Just to remind Christians their God was shamelessly plagiarized from the Babylonians.

[yellerpup]

24. I use Maat's feather on my business card.

She is the goddess (equivalent of St. Peter) who greets the boat after you 'cross the river', pulls your heart out of your chest and weighs it on a scale against the weight of her feather. If your heart is not lighter than a feather, you don't participate in a 'heavenly' afterlife.

[nostalgicaboutmyfutr]

25. Thanks!

All very good gods...in their own special ways!

[urgk]

26. One whose words we could distinguish from delusion...

...And whose actions we could separate from random chance, might be nice. Oh, and I'd like a deity whose main goal didn't seem to be to award disproportionate power to idiots, hucksters and wealthy church officials.

But, alas, that seems to be too much to ask.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

27. One who actually answers my prayers.

Not that I pray. I don't.

One that gives me what I want -- say, world peace, for example.

[white_wolf]

28. The Norse Gods.

Thor carries a giant hammer, is the god of lighting and war, kills frost giants and giant wolves, Odin was hung from a tree a gave up his eye in exchange for infinite wisdom.