Goddesses, gods, and we humans share much that is significant: We are alive. We share spirit. We are conceived by parents and born. We grow up to become adults. We mate and have children.
We live in the same universe. We experience pleasure and pain. We experience the full range of emotions. We have our own strengths, unique abilities, and weaknesses. We make choices and take actions that sometimes help and sometimes harm.
We communicate with each other. Some call our communication with deities prayer. Some call the communication of deities with us revelation. Others call it divination.
Some goddesses and gods have no interest in us. Some do. We have no interest in some goddesses and gods. In others we do. Some of us have only one goddess or god. Some of us have two or more.
The point: There are goddesses and gods. There are us human beings. And there is the relationship between us.
Some believe their god is the only god. They also believe there is only one right way to be in a relationship with their one true god. That's fine. They are free to believe as they so choose.
Some believe that everyone who believes in one god believes in the same god. They just call him by different names. Others believe their god is the one true god that all should worship and the one god others believe in is not the one true god.
Others believe there are many goddesses and gods and each is related to in their own way. That's fine too. They too are free to believe as they so choose.
The relationship between deities and us varies from deity to deity and human to human. The relationships are dynamic and complex. That's what makes them so interesting.
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