How is the world of (Greek) gods, similar to the world of man?
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Greek gods loved, fought, contrived, planned, helped, ate, drank, and meddled in the affairs of others.  Hmmm..basically they were people with extreme abilities and immortality.
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You speak about ancient Greece of course, because modern Greeks believe in Christianism (they are orthodox Cristians)\n\n\nGods in ancient Greeece (Olympians), are all part of a huge family, spanning multiple generations. The oldest of the gods were responsible for the creation of the world. \nIn many epic poems, the twelve Olympians are said to have appeared in person. The gods performed miracles, instructed people in various areas of practical knowledge, taught people methods of worship, rewarded good behavior and chastised immorality, and even had children with themselves or mortals.\nThe ancient Greeks imagined them as being very like humans  they also got married,  got angry and jealous, they were sometimes wise and good, but they were sometimes also foolish and full of tricks.\nThe Olympians are a group of 12 gods who ruled after the overthrow of the Titans. All the Olympians are related in some way. They are named after their dwelling place, Mount Olympus. The Olympian Gods are: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Hera, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hermes, Artemis, Hephaestus. \n\nThe ancient Greeks believed in gods and goddesses to help them explain the way the world and the universe worked.
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The latter.\nAny 'god' is a figment of the imagination. Any 'god' is man-made.
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What's the differance? They all point to the same God..
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It's kind of like fairy tales.  You can believe they happened if you want.  It's just Greek Mythology used to be religion to people.  So in a couple thousand years some of the religions that are popular today might be considered mythology.
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Yes, its the same God.
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Zeus was God of Gods, i think
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I did a little research for you:\n\nhttp://www.egyptianmyths.net/osiris.htm\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris\nhttp://sobek.colorado.edu/LAB/GODS/osiris.html\n\nOsiris, the Greeks called him Pluto or Dionysus. He was a nature god and a king, the universal lord. According to tradition he abolished cannibalism, taught the solar religion, taught men to produce grainetc., built temples with fin images and laid down strict religious laws. He also built towns, gave man civilization and invented two kinds of flute to accompany ceremonial songs. \n\nHe was always accompanied on his travels by his grand vizier, Thoth, and his nephew (or some say his son), Anubis. Isis was his wife and Horus his son. Osiris is always depicted witha greenish face and dressed in white. He carries a crook and a flail, the insignia of order and discipline, and is sometimes shown seated on a throne, surrounded by water which grows the primordial lotus. His symbol is the Djed, or tet, a stylized tree.\n\nOsiris and his sister/wife, Isis, ruled over the lands later called Egypt. They were both divinities from Heaven(?) who had decended to Earth to aid in the development of mankind. Osiris had a brother Set (likened to the Greek Typhon), and the two brothers dwelt amicably with their wives, Isis and Nephthys, in Abydos. Osiris was much loved by the people, having taught them the arts civilization; he promoted piety, good health and well-being amongst them.\n\nWhile travelling to visit south-east Asia (some accounts state India) with his wife, Osiris was suddenly summoned by his brother to return. During his absence Set had conspired with seventy-two otherswho arranged a banquet to celebrate the King's homecoming. As part of the entertainment a strange box was introduced and, one after the other, the guests tried to fit into it. Only Osiris was able to slide comfortably inside, upon which move the conspiritors shut and sealed the lid. We are told that Osiris entered this box or tomb on 7 Athyr (13 November), the very day and month when Noah was surposed to have boarded the biblical ark. The box was then thrown int the Nile (or some accounts the sea), and carried onwards by the inundation. Eventually it was caught up in a tamarisk tree.\n\nIsis, who had been visiting Chemmis, received news of what had occured. She hastily sumoned her nephew Anubis, and set out to seek for her husbands body. At Byblus she found the tree,but it was guarded by a magical power and she could not approach the coffin. As she watched, the King of Byblus came looking for a tree to serve a a column for his palace. He selected the very one that held Osiris. In vain did Isis, in her form of a dove, utter plantive cries to dissuade the men from cutting it down, so she resumed her womanly appearance and went to the palace where she became nurse to the Queen's child. \n\nBy ingratiating herself with her employers Isis was able to match the evil magic of Set and secure the coffin. But her troubles were far from over.Set heard about her deeds and artfully stole the box while she slept. He open the coffin and cut the body of Osiris into fourteen pieces, dispersing them in various places. Isis then had the task of seeking each piece. With her sister Nephyhys and her nephew Anubis she travelled far and wide until she had located every piece except the phallus. This had been eated by a oxyrhyncus (although some may say a spider). She then made a phallic likeness from wood and brought the whole body to Abydos for burial. Together with Nephthys, her sister, Anubis, her nephew, and Thoth, her uncle, Isis wept bitterly over her dead husband and chanted magically. So powerful were her tears and prayers and the occult powers of Thoth, that one member of Osiris began to evidence vitality and secured conception for the faithful wife. Osiris then ascended to Heaven from which sublime place he continued to watch over Isis while she carried and bore his only son, Horus.\n\nThis is a copy of my previo
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If God is a myth then he cannot be from any planet since mythical characters by definition are not real.\n\nIf "in ancient myth" is removed from the question the answer is yes, if he exists, unless you believe God originates on this planet, which would seem to contradict most if not all deistic beliefs.\n\nMy point is that really, almost all conceptions of God are that he does not originate on earth, is therefore "from another planet", and thus an alien. The next question is, "are we aliens too?"
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God is the same. God will never change. Man cannot change God just because times change.
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I believe that GOD (much like anything in the Bible that Looks impossible) is a metaphoric representation of something that matches GOD's description. You have to ask yourself....\n\nWhat is the most powerful force you can think of?\nWhat creates?\nWhat is merciful?\nWhat is vengeful?\nWhat looks like a Human?\nEct.\n\nNow this being the case, I guess it would be possible for other Religions and Mythologies to also be heavily metaphoric and also have a representation of the exact same element. Hell, they may even call theirs King, too!!
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Yes it is very similar, because the norns and the fates are almost the same people, but there are enough differences in those 2 myths to make it a good comparison.
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The creator of all things was either Re, Amun, Ptah, Khnum or Aten, depending on which version of the myth was currently in use. The heavens were represented by Hathor, Bat, and Horus. Osiris was an earth god as was Ptah. The annual flooding of the Nile was Hapi. Storms, evil and confusion were Seth. His counterpart was Ma'at, who represented balance, justice and truth. The moon was Thoth and Khonsu. Re, the sun god, took on many forms, and transcended most of the borders that contained the other gods. The actual shape of the sun, the disk (or, aten), was deified into another god, Aten. \n\n \n\nCertain gods were worshipped in different areas. Local cities or villages, known as nomes, often had unique gods that were known only to that region. On occasion, these gods attained country -wide recognition and became the myths and legends that were passed on from century to century. Below is a listing of the main gods and their primary place of worship. \n\nAmaunet - A female counterpart to Amon and one of the primordial gods of the Hermopolitian Ogdoad (group of eight gods). She was also worshipped at Thebes along with Amon and Mut. \n\nAmon - Usually associated with the wind, or things hidden, and was also of the Hermopolitian Ogdoad. At Thebes he became Amon-Re, king of the gods. He was part of the Theban Triad, along with Mut and Khonsu. \n\nAntaios - He was originally a double god, "the two falcons", that was later joined to create one, probably that of Horus. \n\nAnuket - Worshipped at Elephantine, she was associated with the gazelle. \n\nApis - Seen as the bull with a solar disk between its horns, Apis was associated with Osiris and Ptah. \n\nAton - Also known as Aten, he was worshipped at Tell 'Amarna. \n\nAtum - A primordial god that was represented in the form of a human and a serpent. He was the supreme god in the Heliopolitan Ennead (group of nine gods) and formed with Re to create Re-Atum. \n\nHathor - The goddess of love, dance and alcohol was depicted as a cow. At Thebes she was also the goddess of the dead. She was worshipped at Dendera as the consort of Horus and Edfu, and was associated with Isis at Byblos. \n\nHorus - The earliest royal god was the shape of a falcon, with the sun and moon as his eyes. The sky-god was the ruler of the day. The many forms of Horus are; Re-Harakhti, Harsiesis, Haroeris, Harendotes, Khenti-irti, Khentekhtay (the crocodile-god), and Harmakhis, which is Horus on the horizons, in which the Sphinx of Giza is considered to be his aspect. \n\nIsis - The mother of Horus and sister and consort of Osiris was worshipped at Philae. Associated with Astarte, Hathor, Nut and Sothis, she was later worshipped over the entire Roman Empire. \n\nKhnum - Resembling a human with a rams head, he was worshipped in Hypselis, Esna, Antinoe and Elephantine. \n\nKhonsu - the moon god was the son of Amon and Mut. The main temple at Karnak is dedicated to him. \n\nMin - God of fertility coalesced with Amon and Horus. Min was mainly worshipped at Coptos and Akhmim. \n\nMut - Worshipped at Thebes, she was a consort of Amon and part of the Theban Triad (group of three gods). \n\nNut - Mother of the sun, moon and heavenly bodies. \n\nOsiris - He is regarded as the dead king that watches over the nether world and is rejuvenated in his son Horus. As the symbol of eternal life he was worshipped at Abydos and Philae. \n\nPtah - Worshipped in Memphis, he coalesced with Sokaris and Osiris. \n\nRe - He was the sun god of Heliopolis. From the fifth Dynasty onwards he becomes a national god and is combined with the supreme deity Amon. \n\nSerapis - He was mainly worshipped in Alexandria and was later worshipped by the Greeks as Zeus. He was never fully accepted by the Egyptians in the Ptolemaic period. \n\nSekhmet - She was part of the Memphite Triad with Ptah and Nefertem. She was the mistress of war and sickness. \n\nSeth - The son of Geb and Nut in the Heliopolitan Ennead was in the form of an animal that
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Greek Reconstructionism\nhttp://www.hellenion.org/\nhttp://www.sponde.com/\nhttp://www.elaion.org/\n\nThey attempt to honor Greek Gods in a way that reflects the ancient Greek cultures as accurately as possible in our modern world.  Like any other Pagan Reconstructionist, they are an excellent source for accurate information concerning the culture of the peoples who once worshiped their deities.
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The process by which "Gods" are created is based entirely on conceit.\n\nHumans would never follow a God that did not conform to their own image of what a God should be. Gods are created by humans. humans are not created by Gods.
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Well, the Greek and Roman mythology that we still have around today is about archetypes.  Carl Jung was the most famous philosopher/scientist on this subject.  He made the point that the gods and goddesses of the pagan pantheon represent eternal truths about the human condition, but that it is necessary to do some interpreting.  \n\nBut you can't count on them too much for morals and values; they were pretty bloodthirsty, some of them, and definitely had flaws.  Jealousy and dishonesty are well represented, for example.  We use them now mostly for a vocabulary; a way of expressing what we mean that we would not have if it weren't for Venus and Mars, for example.
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I like Greek mythology better than any other.  Every character seems to come alive.  Every story fits in with the world as it is.  It is not really about, say, how spiders came to be, or why there are echoes, it really is a guide to life and how to live it.  Oh, and by the way, the boulder guy's name was Sisyphus.