Re: Paganism and Religious Tolerance.
No one should take any mythology literally, but big G, little -od of the Bible isn't alone in being a jackass.
Zeus is a rapist...so is Poseidon, Hades, Apollo, and just about every other Greek God. And lest we leave out the ladies, Athena was a bitch who made a habit of turning women into monsters for minor transgressions, Aphrodite would do just about anything to have someone say she was pretty...including start wars, drive folks insane, drive folks insane and then to their deaths, drive folks insane and then to kill others. If you look at other pantheons, they aren't exactly stuffed to the gills with fine, upright examples of compassionate kindness either (sure, they all have a god or goddess or two that are, but even then, those individual deities often have some skellys in their mythological closets).
Gods aren't monsters. They are a reflection of the better and worst parts of humanity.
Originally posted by Ektor
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Zeus is a rapist...so is Poseidon, Hades, Apollo, and just about every other Greek God. And lest we leave out the ladies, Athena was a bitch who made a habit of turning women into monsters for minor transgressions, Aphrodite would do just about anything to have someone say she was pretty...including start wars, drive folks insane, drive folks insane and then to their deaths, drive folks insane and then to kill others. If you look at other pantheons, they aren't exactly stuffed to the gills with fine, upright examples of compassionate kindness either (sure, they all have a god or goddess or two that are, but even then, those individual deities often have some skellys in their mythological closets).
Gods aren't monsters. They are a reflection of the better and worst parts of humanity.
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