Re: Greek Mythology Is Funny
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^ Sure the myth had us pondering over its context, but the idea of good, evil, justice, honesty still existed. Then, how could the writer of the myth have the gods indulge in such deviant behavior? If anyone were to believe this, anything wrong or sinful wouldn't be so wrong and sinful. What I mean is that raping, killing, violence, and dishonesty would not even be a mere concern of the believer since the almighty Zeus was very fond of it all himself.
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agreed.the idea has always existed but wen people r born in an era where all the evil and good was attributed to gods ,then their minds would be developed in accordance with those standards.ur making the mistake(no offence intended) in comparing ur concept of good and evil ,of ur time, with their concept,of their time.
look at things in an alternate manner now,the gods were their own creation and were obviously in their image ie having all the bad qualities which the people had.thats the only way to justify wat they did.even in modern times every rapist or murderer has justification for his actions wether we agree /identify/ understand them or not.like for instance wat we categorize as a fetish is very much normal for those who have those fetishes.
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it makes me think people back then were either too horny or had no spiritual faith -religion.
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personally speaking i believe that spirituality n faith r different. we have our god,they had theirs, we observe prayers,give zakat etc as our duty,they worshipped n sacrificed too.so if we use the most basic definition for religion ie belief in a god, concept of worship,reward n punishment ;i think maybe a greek of that time who sacrifices virgin goats wud be quite spiritual:D
as always ,for the record,its just my opinion.