Getting to know God: from gods to God

If we’re going to successfully apply spiritual life help, which is to say help through the spiritual realm or the realm of God, it’s important for us to know God truly. Over a few writings I’ll be trying to shed light on who and what God is, as I understand it. First stop, how did God get that name?

Thousands of years ago God wasn’t around, as far as most people were concerned. Gods were around. There were a multitude of gods in existence across cultures. Today in Egypt there is a crocodile museum, featuring mummified crocodiles. Why are there mummified crocodiles in an Egyptian museum? Because in ancient Egypt crocodiles were considered to be gods. As some crocodiles died they were mummified and placed in tombs with supplies that they could take with them to the other side. Ancient Egyptians had gods besides crocodiles while other ancient cultures had their own collection of gods. Some ancient Greek gods are still familiar to people to this day. Hello, Zeus.

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