(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.
Right, so why are all of the other mystery cults untrue, but the one Jewish mystery cult just happens to be the one that is actually true? Why don't you ascribe the same level of plausibility to Osiris or Mythra, seeing as how they too had mystery cults and could also fit within your 'non-physical' definition seeing as how both were celestial deities.
You appear to know that you religion didn't arise in a vacuum, yet the significance of that fact seems to elude you.