I don't understand any of this

[Beskar]

Its is all the same one.

Time to add the god of fertility next to your crucifix then, with its characteristic enlarged size.

Some believe in animal spirits and others do not even have a 'god' as such. Jesus could be a rewriting of Zeus though, but I don't think he was known on cheating on his wife, who may or may not exist due to some.

Long story short, that is a silly statement which lacks understanding of the great diversity of religion. Only one which 'share' are the Christians, Muslims and Jews. Even then, sects of those have difference ideas and views on the makeup of 'god'. Is some one who is doubting the divinity of christ actually believing in the same god as some one who believes Jesus is the embodiment of god?

What defines a 'god' anyway? What if the big bang was an Alien Ships reactor-drive malfunction in a different universe, thus creating a pocket-universe of us. Does that make them 'god' ? or is the creator of the universe who created things which happened outside of their control in turn created us from said aliens given free-will.

The mind boggles on the amount of mental hoops which are completely ignored.

I am sure if there was an afterlife with an omnipotent being, they would be fully understanding of any lack of faith and enlighten us. So no need to worry about your eternal soul.

[Myth]

Time to add the god of fertility next to your crucifix then, with its characteristic enlarged size.

Some believe in animal spirits and others do not even have a 'god' as such. Jesus could be a rewriting of Zeus though, but I don't think he was known on cheating on his wife, who may or may not exist due to some.

Long story short, that is a silly statement which lacks understanding of the great diversity of religion. Only one which 'share' are the Christians, Muslims and Jews. Even then, sects of those have difference ideas and views on the makeup of 'god'. Is some one who is doubting the divinity of christ actually believing in the same god as some one who believes Jesus is the embodiment of god?

What defines a 'god' anyway? What if the big bang was an Alien Ships reactor-drive malfunction in a different universe, thus creating a pocket-universe of us. Does that make them 'god' ? or is the creator of the universe who created things which happened outside of their control in turn created us from said aliens given free-will.

The mind boggles on the amount of mental hoops which are completely ignored.

I am sure if there was an afterlife with an omnipotent being, they would be fully understanding of any lack of faith and enlighten us. So no need to worry about your eternal soul.

Religion and mythology blend in the times of antiquity. They used to serve a different purpose in those ancient societies. The plethora of ancients gods, spirits, heroes of old, great foes and so on are archetypes of human behaviour. They tell stories which concern the fundamental characteristics of humans. Religion often intertwined with the cultural rituals which marked the coming of age of young adults - a paramount point in one's life. Ancient religions are multifaceted, because there existed no such phenomenon as globalization back then. Each region, each tribe, each distinct peoples adde their own colour and taste to fundamentally the most basic and eternal of human stories. Love, war, betrayal, coming of age, death, motherhood, cunning etc.

The organized semitic religions tell us the same stories in a new way, but the rituals no longer serve to bring people closer to earth or to serve as a threshold. Instead, they mainly serve to cement that person within the confines of his/her religion. Compare a ritual "hunt for the great snake" where a boy turns to a man with the baptism of an infant.

But such theological debates are not the purpose of this thread, though I do appreciate them greatly. Also, Zeus was a notorious adulterer - he fathered half the pantheon and Greek heroes, nymphs and very pretty girls. If that's not an excuse for men of power to shag anything that moves, I don't know what is. "Look, Zeus did it. I can't presume I'm better than the Lord of Olympus."