kemeticvulpeswitch:

heofspeckledplumage:

bloodlooksblackinmoonlight:

shezep:

tiny-mineral:

Question for Paganblr

(Anyone can answer, though!)

Do the Gods/Goddesses you are devoted to experience divine love for their followers?

How would you describe their love (or indifference) towards humanity?

If you have applicable experience, how would you compare this love to the kind associated with the Christian God? Are there notable similarities or differences?

Thanks for your time! 🙌

(Please keep this post civil, it’s strictly a discussion post for the sake of curiosity and not bait!)

Yes they do, sometimes annoyingly so. The Kemetic deities are like those well meaning parents who keep telling you to eat right and get enough exercise. Self care is a huge deal in the community. It’s also not that uncommon for them to treat their followers like family. 

It is said that humans were created from the tears of Ra which lends them not only their own measure of divinity, but makes them inheritors of such intense emotion. Our deities are always seeking interactions with humanity, from sharing meals, to answering prayers, to advising on responsible rulership. I believe they can exist independently of their followers, but they seem to prefer having them around. 

In comparison to what I’ve seen from Christianity in my younger days, I’d say that the love of Kemetic deities is more earthly, more practical. They don’t expect or demand perfection, but growth is nice. With them it’s not: “I love you anyway despite your sins.” It’s more like: “I love you. Now go out there and make me proud.” 

Seconded, on the Kemetic end. The Theoi are slightly more removed as a whole, in my experience, except Dionysos. But that may just be me, or maybe the Theoi concentrate on devotees through the strongest relationship, idk. 

I only have what I was told by Christians to compare to, even with being raised kinda Methodist, I can’t say I personally experienced, well, anything from the Christian god. That’s basically why I left, got tired of screaming into a dead line.

Shezep basically described my experiences with the Netjeru.

Yeah I agree with Shezep. It really is like family and lots of love and care. They do push a bit for us to be our very best and be healthy etc.. Self-love/acceptance is really strong with them. I’ve never had such a loving and caring relationship with anyone or thing like I do with the Netjeru. It’s pure love and respect. Honestly it’s an amazing experience to be able to relate or even talk to them the way we do because it’s so personal and loving always. To me the Netjeru are family and they treat me as such always cheering me on or helping me get through tough times. And I always do my best to return the same kindness in any way I can. 🙂 I wouldn’t say it’s considered offering but if they want to take it that way then by all means they can. And what is a bonus to me is that the relationships are so casual and not so serious all the time. Makes it less intimidating to me if you have to be formal so much but that’s just me.