Reply #82: I was mostly picturing some art that I had seen

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in a museum - and that was how it was described. As the god and goddess - the destroyer and creator. I wrote down the names - but I don't know what I did with it. There were a couple similar ones and it mentioned that they were one thing in one culture and other names somewhere else.

I do think it's interesting how religious concepts are described through the artwork. Like the idea of a god that is all seeing and helping - and you have these statues with a person with dozens of eyes and many arms.

It's really different from how "western"/Christian artists describe "god". A man on the cross - and you have to know the story or it looks like someone is glorifying execution (? I think it would seem very odd to an outsider). Sometimes there are images that have been painted of "God" and they look like an ordinary man - maybe ghost like. There is no attempt to symbolize special powers or abilities. I think that probably has an effect on men identifying with the "God" - it seems more like themselves (when it's NOT portrayed with multiple arms and eyes, etc.)