Why has mankind always worshipped gods of some sort?
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The Creator God (who has manifested Himself in the Flesh as Christ Jesus ) made man for Relationship .  Man needs God .
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 God is Life , Love and Beauty .  But He is also Holy .
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Once Sin entered into the Human genome, the True and Living God became offensive to man.  He still needed to Worship but he needed it on his own terms.
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So, man created his own gods with whom he had performance based relationship .
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When there were disruptions in Nature man created gods who controlled these disruptions.
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When man wanted to be immoral he created immoral gods such as Venus , Aphrodite .
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But the root of all Pagan gods and goddesses is man`s desire to justify himself, to live with only self-imposed standards and, in essence, worship himself.
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 SecularHumanism is the ultimate Pagan Religion .  It binds itself to no other god or fixed standards.  It is a law unto itself, able to adapt its ethics to meet its current needs, desires and objectives with no guilt for conflicts in its own shifting standards over time.

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<li><h2>Definition of Pagan</h2>
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<li>a follower of a polytheistic religion (as in ancient Rome)
<li>one who has little or no religion and who delights in sensual pleasures and material goods : an irreligious or hedonistic person
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<li><h2>synonym: Heathen - Definition</h2>
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<li>an unconverted member of a people or nation that does not acknowledge the God of the Bible 
<li>an uncivilized or irreligious person
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<li><h2>Definition of Hedonism</h2>
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<li>the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the sole or chief good in life
<li>a way of life based on or suggesting the principles of hedonism
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<li><h2>Examples from the Past</h2>

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<li>Egypt
<li>Babylonia
<li>Persia
<li>Greece
<li>Rome
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<li><h2>Examples Today</h2>

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<li>polytheism

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<li>multi-culturalism = polytheism
<li>mother nature
<li>El-Nino
<li>naming Hurricanes
<li>space program naming conventions

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<li>unconverted

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<li>% Christian 
<li>% Jew 
<li>% atheist
<li>% Islam 
<li>% other
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<li>uncivilised/irreligious

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<li>lack of courtesy
<li>lack of respect / bullying
<li>deception

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<li>hedonism (sensual pleasure)

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<li>eating
<li>drinking
<li>drug use
<li>pornography
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