Actually the old man on a throne is one of the images of Zeus Pantokrator and also its derivative Christ Pantocrator. This is the idea/eidos of "God" we get from the x-gen bible.
YHVH was initially just a mountain "protector-deity" later universalized by the Hebrews once they encountered Platonism. The ancient Greek and Hindu deities were more like actors playing out a drama with humans and each other. We could call it "local cosmos opera" or get fancy and call it Lila. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > At least the Christian God is an old fart who mainly > sits on a throne and strokes His long, hoary beard > and lets His son do the dirty work for Him. In > their mythology He doesn't go running around trying > to pork other people's wives. If one had to believe > that some "immense being" was In Charge, better > this one than the petty gods and goddesses of > Brahmaloka in my opinion. > >
