Mythological Gods

albaqwerty | 15:45 Sat 10th Nov 2012 | Religion & Spirituality

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The clue and answer in Crosswords got me thinking.
Who says 'they' are myths? Christian crossword compilers perhaps?

Zeus is more believable imo.

Whats the meaning of God's Silence....

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sandyRoe

Wasn't Zeus the one who rewarded an old couple for their hospitality by promising them eternity together? He then promptly turned both into trees.
You'd need a sharp lawyer if you worshipped a God like that.

albaqwerty

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Maybe he didn't create lawyers Sandy?
(Work of the devil!)

Kiki-frog

Good question. I suppose any religion but your own is a myth.

As for Zeus, he also had a rather worrying habit of turning himself into various animals in order to have sex with mortal women. Why? Why not just turn himself into George Clooney?

albaqwerty

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or Liam Neeson?

Kiki-frog

Stop it, alba! I'm getting all goosebumpy at the thought!

albaqwerty

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me first venture into R&S and we talk about GC and LN :-)

I think that is sensible and preferable.

LazyGun

Faith and belief - such a fragile thing.

Those who believe in a Christian God, or a Muslim God have rejected all gods but the one they have chosen. Atheists just go that extra mile - or to put it another way

“I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one less god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.” —Stephen F Roberts

From my perspective, it seems to me that all gods are mythological - all have equal weight. The mythological gods are no more fantastical than the christian god, or the muslim god or whatever.

The winners right history and assume dominance, and the abrahamic gods have all but wiped out the competition - that and the passage of time, I suppose.

mibn2cweus

//Mythological Gods//

As if there were any other kind . . .

naomi24

Alba, it wouldn't be the first time George has been mentioned here - with some degree of reverence, I might add. ;o)

To answer your question, I suspect that none of them are myths - but having said that, I suspect they weren't gods either. However, that's another story which I won't go into now.

mibn2cweus

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