(June 20, 2013 at 2:10 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Other than the fact that Zeus was less of a scumbag than yhwh it's the same shit.
They wrote much cooler stories than the Bible. And at least they admit their gods are flawed beings. Their Greek gods almost had a soap opera going.
Arguably, Christians are closer to worshiping Zeus than the traditional OT Hebrew god Yahweh. I've posted all this before, so forgive my repetition but this really bares repeating for anyone who hasn't yet seen this.
Yahweh never strikes anyone with lightning in the Bible. Not once. Not even in the NT. He uses columns of fire, disease or opening the ground and swallowing sinners up. He was once a volcano god in his younger days, so the fire motiff makes more sense for him.
Zeus was the god who smote sinners with thunderbolts. His description also seems like the Christian god, an old yet youthful man, long beard, sits on a throne in heaven and has children with virgin women on earth.
Satan seems like a cross between Pan (the goat god of passion with his satyr legs and horns) and Hades (the god of the underworld). Personally, I'm just happy for Pan that he managed to get a new job after being replaced by Dionysus. Unemployment is tough on divine beings and you can only buy so much ambrosia with their food stamps.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
