Re: Is god(s) a valid concept?

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James Beck wrote:
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James Beck wrote:

I think I didn't fully explain. Who decided that a certain god
or story was a myth?

Reality.


Certainly the pushing of the Roman and Greek gods and demigods
to mythical status was done by competing religions that were
usurping those earlier gods/religions.

No, it was done by holding those stories up to reality.

Don't try that you make your own reality bit. It doesn't work.


Certainly to the Greeks and Romans, those gods were real
enough. The claiming a certain god or gods are mythical isn't
in itself proof that they ARE mythical. Clear as mud, isn't
it?

No. The stories define themselves as myths.

Merriam-Webster online: myth; 1 a: a usually traditional story of
ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the
world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural
phenomenon.

Is it clearer now?


You are doing it AGAIN.

Then I won't do whatever it is anymore.


LOL
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