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[kyrene]

*snerk*

I'm apparently an atheist, according to someone on the lists, for believing that the gods are above petty crap like raping mortals and cheating on their spouses.

Since when did people start taking the myths so seriously and literally that they actually believe this sort of crap? And believe that people are atheists who have a different take on what and who the gods are?

My respect for certain aspects of the Hellenic community decreases more and more with each time I have one of these crazy conversations on the lists.

Comments

[kyrene-myste.livejournal.com]

Yeah it's the literalness that I tend to object to.

Don't get me wrong--I LOVE the idea that the gods have personalities. But they aren't human beings.

[fallenkalina.livejournal.com]

Very true.

I'm not sure if that precludes them from doing jackassish sorts of things, though.

[kyrene-myste.livejournal.com]

Yeah, for me, I rather see that as human projection. But we do that to each other all of the time--there's really no escaping it.