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[Ravenshire]

Wyrd, where do you get this shit from?!?

Haven't you ever read the fairy tale?  Or do you seriously think that some invisible sky deity who lived on a Middle Eastern desert mountain went around talking to people and giving them a long list of rules to follow?  

The "God" character was simply the series of real men who ruled the Middle Eastern area from Egypt to Persia to Turkey and Greece at various times and controlled the superstitious Israelites/Hebrews/Jews.  In ancient times everyone and his brother was called a god.  Remember the Roman Emperors?  The word "God" was simply the colloquial title given to the Big Wig.  

Have you forgotten the story in Daniel chapter 6 how people had to pray to the Persian King Darius for thirty days under penalty of death?

And there was the Macedonian Antiochus Epiphanes who ruled Persia and beat the crap out of Egypt.  He made people worship him as a god and screwed over the Jews.  His story is in the books of the Maccabees.  Don't forget that the Egyptian Pharaohs were also gods, as well as the emperors of Japan.  

Now get it through your head:  there is no celestial god character in this solar system.  There has never been one.  There will never be one.

Get bent fuck rod. I've never claimed there are any gawds. Reading comprehension is your strong suit is it?!?

This is what I was curious about:

In ancient times gods were simply men who forced their buddies to obey the political and religious rules that they issued under penalty of death.

Again, where do you get this shit?!?