A personal God?

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Originally Posted by hellsapoppin

"each has his own particular deity"


The Bible speaks of each person having guardian angels. Are these personal deities that you speak of angels or gods?? How do people communicate with them or do they do so at all???

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I grew up hearing that I had my own guardian angel but have never come across this in the Bible. Can you please tell me where to find it?

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Originally Posted by hellsapoppin

Aha, I see.

BTW, you're not Memsahib from "Lagaan" are you? That was one of my all time favorite movies! :)

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Not the Gori-memsahib of Lagaan. I am very much Indian, more like the village girl in the movie. The name was given to me by Pendragon :) . Lagaan is a good movie, I really liked the songs :) .

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Originally Posted by Gracewings

I grew up hearing that I had my own guardian angel but have never come across this in the Bible. Can you please tell me where to find it?

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The closest that the Bible says to that is from the following two passages:

Matthew 18:10 - "See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven."

Hebrews 1:14 - "Are they [angels] not all spirits for public service, sent forth to minister for those who are going to inherit salvation?"

Mostly it comes from the first one, but I've found someone who uses the second one to argue it.

In Paganism it was often common, and still is among some Pagans, myself included, to have what was known as an Altar God, which could equate to a personal god. In which each household had a particular deity what was sacred to them and the name altar god came from the fact that it was common for an altar in honor of that god to be made within their house.

It was a deity that was believed to look after the household and in which the members of the household would share a close personal relationship, giving regular offerings and prayers to, having conversations with and seeking guidance from for personal and daily matters.

It was a deity the individual could have a relationship with, without having to go through a priest, priestess, or other holy figure.

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Originally Posted by Dark Muse

In Paganism it was often common, and still is among some Pagans, myself included, to have what was known as an Altar God, which could equate to a personal god. In which each household had a particular deity what was sacred to them and the name altar god came from the fact that it was common for an altar in honor of that god to be made within their house.

It was a deity that was believed to look after the household and in which the members of the household would share a close personal relationship, giving regular offerings and prayers to, having conversations with and seeking guidance from for personal and daily matters.

It was a deity the individual could have a relationship with, without having to go through a priest, priestess, or other holy figure.

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Here I suppose gods are guardians. I like the very idea very much. I like paganism very much. Paganism could not flourish because of Christianity.

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Originally Posted by Madhuri;

Not the Gori-memsahib of Lagaan. I am very much Indian, more like the village girl in the movie. The name was given to me by Pendragon :) . Lagaan is a good movie, I really liked the songs :) .

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~~ village girl ~~

Only prettier, I bet. :)

Which reminds me: the beautiful sport of cricket has inspired much literature. On another forum, we have had discussions on some of the great novels and novelletes which were based on the sport.

Here in the States, baseball has inspired much literature as well.

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Originally Posted by dzebra

The closest that the Bible says to that is from the following two passages:

Matthew 18:10 - "See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven."

Hebrews 1:14 - "Are they [angels] not all spirits for public service, sent forth to minister for those who are going to inherit salvation?"

Mostly it comes from the first one, but I've found someone who uses the second one to argue it.

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Thanks for the reply, I had never considered those verses in that light before.

dzebra quoted: "Matthew 18:10 - "See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.""

This passage ought to have spawned another view of angels. Angel means messenger, and it is usually assumed to mean a messenger from God. This passage seems to say that the messenger derives from the little ones, and implies that messages from children reach God directly.
This is quite a different idea from that of guardian angels sent from above to look after each individual.

Woops, sorry: I missed the question about protective angels. Here are a few quotes from the Bible:

Psalms 91:11-16

For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation."


Acts 12:6

Matt 2:13

A personal god is something that has to do with the person's imagination or something that is woven or fabricated by individuals.