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(Created page with "'''Noi''' is the sole deity of the religion of Paxism. == Origins and history == The first written evidence of the name Noi is a stole stele discovered in 1945 in the city of Kijal in modern-day Ashura in Packilvania. The stele suggests that the name had been in use as the name for the deity for centuries. Scientists at the University of Bingol carbon dated the artefact to around 3000 BCE. It is one of the very few examples of a primitive writing system...") |
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According to commentator Qayeed Kahad, this theory is popular among Creative Evolutionists because it presupposes that belief in Noi is intrinsic to sentience or exists in some corrupted form through other religions. He especially argued that scholars whose work focused on drawing links between religions with a view to displaying the Universalism of Paxism were susceptible to believing this theory such as Lord Kilian Asul who developed the theory of [[Yasterian Heroism]] which aims to unify the religions of Paxism, [[Vayan Catholicism|Vayanism]] and [[Ademarism]] under the same largely Paxist lens.
==Gender==
Noi is often referred in feminine language. For instance they are often referred to using feminine pronouns and with terms such "Goddess". However, the [[Magisterium of Paxism]] is largely united in the belief that Noi is not a gendered being. Further evidence to suggest this arises from the fact that pre-modern Central Yasterian languages had masculine and feminine gender classes which they ascribed to various animate, inanimate, physical and incorporeal beings without much consistency. In some dialects such as Ancient Yushovese referred to Noi using the masculine gender.
===Divinity===
Belief in the divinity of Noi is a fundamental element of adherence to the Paxist religion. Noi is regarded as the Creator of the Universe and all its creations and properties. Noi is regarded as being both immanent and emmanent in the sense that she is both within the universe and beyond the universe, existing outside of the constraints of its boundaries such as space and time.
As such, Noi is omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing) and omnipresent (all present). Paxists believe there is no being equal to her in power or station or even similar to her in nature. All Paxist sects (except for Obedism) believe that Noi does not have romantic relationships or desires, nor does she have begotten children. All beings, whether spiritual such as the Esma or mortal as [[Species|Sentient Beings]] are regarded as having being made by her.
==Exaltation==
Noi is regarded as high above or exalted all other beings. As such, Paxists believe that her name is sacred and cannot be used callously or flippantly. Some Paxists believe this so strongly that the [[Law of Packilvania]] forbids the insulting Noi and using her name disrespectfully to the extent that such an action can be punished ranging from corporal punishment to imprisonment to force labour and in rare cases to capital punishment. Many Paxists prefer to use her titles such as Creator or Most Beneficent. Or when they do say her name, they follow that with Most Beneficent or Most Righteous or some other term. This applies even in academic literature produced in [[Packilvania]].
==Titles and references==
Noi can be referred to by 99 titles recognised by the [[Magisterium of Paxism]] as per the Bull ([[Packilvanian]]: ''Fataw'') "On the titles of the Creator" ([[Packilvanian]]: ''weleNomin amuKhalaqa'') published around 980 CE by the first [[Supreme Magister]], Imodin I, which builds on the [[Writings of Paxism]] and non-scriptural writings of other scholars and prophets published centuries prior such as "Names of the Most Blessed One" by Lord Tiraz Mawal, one of the followers of [[Prophet Besmali]] around 2100 BCE.
The most widely used titles are Most Beneficent (''muRahmangurgur''), Most Merciful (''muRahimgurgur''), Most Holy (''muHalaalgurgur''), Most Blessed (''muBenaangurgur''), Bringer of Peace (''muShalomiya''), Bringer of Righteousness (''muShakhaniya''), Our Ruler (''muDonah''), Our Banner (''muNashah''), Our Deity (''muLohaam'') Creator (''muKhalaq''), and Goddess (''muLohaamlea'').
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