A good researcher would give equal weightage to each sect and will try to follow all taking one at a time without putting any bias on any one religion. The first assumption I will make in my research is that I am a good researcher. Period.
Now, the problem is not only different religions, but also those who have different beliefs despite being in the same religion. I have watched the Hindu mythology very closely (although my knowledge is still premature) and there are more Gods than there are days in a year. You have different gods/goddesses for different activities - a god of knowledge, a god of sex, a goddess of money, etc. There are so many gods/goddesses that finding out about each of these would become so difficult and time consuming that I may forget what i started out for.
So I would not try and focus on all the gods, but look at the different mythologies and beliefs in general. I plan to start with the Hindu mythology as I have already spoken about it in this space follwed by Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and others (except scientology). I know this is a time consuming exercise and probably would not be finished by the end of time. But as they say - your work defines you. And I consider myself an explorer; so if it takes me end of time to be one, so be it.
A quick snapshot of what will follow this post. Hindu mythology has three major Gods -
- Brahma, the creator
- Vishnu, the preserver
- Shiva, the destroyer
More to follow...