2007-02-01 08:48:36 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They go into the "gods" storage shed and they use them in the sci-fi horror flicks.
2007-02-01 08:51:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Various theories...
It has often been suggested that without worshippers gods fade from existence.
Some names and customs linger, detached from true worship, such as our days of the week, or the festival named Easter.
Some good stories have been told about fading gods.
Terry Pratchett's "Small Gods" is superb as is, in a very very different vein, Neil Gaiman's "American Gods."
Of course it is possible these gods never existed, in which case it is only the idea that slowly dies, sometimes leaving a pale ghost in a mythology, or a place-name.
(Next question: what about new gods?)
2007-02-01 17:25:50 · answer #2 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read a story once where Gods that were no longer worshipped had to go to an unemployment agency. Interesting proposition, I think.
2007-02-01 16:51:56 · answer #3 · answered by Julia Sugarbaker 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They become day laborers or rent-a-gods at the temporary agency, Godpower.
2007-02-01 19:33:17 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They go to god heaven.....or god hell.....or god purgatory.It all depends as to whether they were a good god or a bad god and if they believed in the jesus of the gods or not.
Unless of course they were atheist gods.In which case they didn't believe in themselves anyway so it doesn't matter
2007-02-01 16:53:06 · answer #5 · answered by rosbif 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are no longer worshiped seriously.
Think about the goddess Nike. When you hear her name, you think about a swoosh painted on a shoe.
2007-02-01 17:13:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Ireland when christianity came to power the gods (fairies and leprechauns) turned into fairty tales and myths, they were the old gods of Ireland
2007-02-01 16:52:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
They get put out to pasture for stud service. I've heard they are second to NUN in that field. But first they get stripped of their "Altar Ego". Glad I could help.
2007-02-01 16:51:36 · answer #8 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The retire in Florida.
2007-02-01 16:51:53 · answer #9 · answered by blackbeetlewidow 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They spend Friday nights at Bingorama.
2007-02-01 16:51:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋