I can hold myself steadfast against a raging current, yet I tip and sway with every gentle wave of the sea.

I am a useful thing and a useless pastime.

I am the angels and the gods; I am courage and friendship; I am destiny and death.

What am I?

I was thinking of seaweed after the first line

Then a fishing line after the second

Then after the third I didn't know what to think.

Life buoy?

No.

cord, line, light, reflection? is it related to electricity or light?

Moon

ooh nice guess. not sure how it fits with courage and friendship though...

there's too many hints. it's confusing me

LOL!

A reflection or a shadow?

Or something abstract... like a thought or idea?

Time?

No, nothing yet.

earth OR wind

OR weed OR dust

OR sand

OR ROCK

Ahhhh it is a MOUNTAIN OR LAND OR SHORE or very similar word

I was thinking rock... or stone... or crab.. lol

Is it astrology?>!

Still nothing, sorry.

Will?

soul / EROS /  breathe  / meditate / faith / hope / psychics / idleness

LIFE

Is this a physical object or feeling /emotion?

truth spirituality

sandcastle

A physical object, for the most part.

Grass?

Is that your guess, or are you trying to bribe me to tell you the answer?

If that's a guess, then no.

ROFL! That's all it takes to bribe you eh?

A pen?

Voice?

Paper?

No, sorry.

Does each line refer to a different thing, but with the same name?

Something like that, only not necessarily by line.

Duck?

Clay?

No.

Fate?

No.

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Manufactured object or Abstract concept?

Manufactured object, for the most part.

So... a manufactured part and another part?

What about the other part then... A/V/M/MO/AC? 

Concept, I guess.

Electricity?

No.

Is it a thing that's sometimes manufactured and sometimes abstract, or a thing that has 2 parts, one of which is manufactured the other of which is abstract, or a thing that is simultaneously manufactured and abstract?

Are you in fact referring to multiple things in different parts of the riddle? If so, how many things are referred to? (don't make me start going through the numbers, 'cause I'll do it ). If there are multiple things, are they related by a similarity in name or a similarity in the things?

One guess: Is it the internet?

If it is in fact just one thing, then is it a thing I could touch? Could anyone touch it?

The pastime is an abstract concept.  The rest is tangible.

Since there could be many examples of the answer, the number of tangible objects is subject to interpretation.

The similarity is in name, but in some part also in the things.

It isn't the internet.

reed/read?

No.

COMPASS

SPIRIT

SPORT

GAMES

No, sorry.

Bet you're not sorry really.

No, I am!  I don't have a webcam, but if you could see me right now, you would say, "Yeah, he's sorry."

LOL!

Poor tr

Sand?

Is the raging current relating to water? Air? Electricity?

Water.

Not sand.

A Flag?

Wings? Like on a plane

MESSENGER has to be it.  WINDOWS/yahoo messenger- useful and pastime..gives courage and friendship (especially adult friendships, sex, dates, blinddates, etc hahahahahaha).....messenger of od and angels. Messenger of death...could not fit 1st line though

None of these, sorry.

Wood?

Nope.

Lifesaver?

port

No.

i'm thinking... stars, star gazing, heavens?

No.

Memory?

is current referring to current in water?

is the answer one word?

is the pastime something people do for fun?

the only abstract useless pastime i can think of is day dreaming

naval gazing? train spotting? bird watching?

is it a book?

Memory? No.

is current referring to current in water? Yes.

is the answer one word? Yes.

is the pastime something people do for fun? Yes.

naval gazing? No. train spotting? No. bird watching? No.

is it a book? No.

the only abstract useless pastime i can think of is day dreaming

These were my choices: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Manufactured object or Abstract concept.  I think calling it an abstract concept is misleading, but the other descriptions were clearly wrong.  

Paint/Painting?

treasure

rock

idols

war

fishing

judgement

sin

evil

No, nothing.

Nothing?

is the thing that tips and sways in the sea a physical object? bigger than a television?

Physical object, bigger than a television.

Bigger than an elephant?

Dek already said the moon... I was starting to think of that...

Wait, what about the sun? No-one's said that yet.

is this object often seen on water? fresh water? salt water?

is the first line referring to one single or two different objects?

Bigger than an elephant? Yes.

Not the sun. 

is this object often seen on water? fresh water? salt water? Yes, Yes. Yes.

is the first line referring to one single or two different objects? Two different objects.

ship or boat? is it the whole object, or part of the object (like the sails on a ship)?

i really can't think of anything else that's bigger than an elephant that sits on the sea

battleship?

the monopoly pieces? a game's characters?

is it relating to a series of some sort? books, games, movies, etc?

ship or boat? is it the whole object, or part of the object (like the sails on a ship)? Part.

bridge!

or else... anchor, bulkhead, sail, deck, hull, rudder, propellor?

is it part of some kind of water craft? (boat, ferry, aircraft carrier, etc)

OOooh... Anchor is a good one

Bridge it is.

This is sounding like a broken record (for those of you who remember records), but...

"+1 Bard"

How does that fit in with the 3rd line?

Bridge of Angels, Bridge of the Gods, etc.

Oh....

GRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrr

How is a bridge not a manufactured object?

My reply was that it is a manufactured object, for the most part.  Only in the case of the pastime is this not true.

Oh.. ok.. sorry, I guess I didn't read it properly