(February 7, 2014 at 12:18 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote:(February 7, 2014 at 12:14 pm)EvolutionKills Wrote: Gotta love how they just define the problems away, right Chas?
Zeus and the other gods of Olympus were just physical living people the same as ourselves they just happened to have powers and be immune from the affliction of death. They were more an explanation for why life for humanity sucks than anything else. When you get the Mystery Cults they begin to take on more of a symbolic role though, see the death and resurrection narratives.
So, the latter are slightly less childish than the former.
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Science is not a subject, but a method.