I am an atheist, and I'm seeing something fairly often in these questions and answers. I see plenty non-Christians using Zeus as an example in many comparisons of how the Christian faith works. I completely agree with these comparisons, but what makes Zeus less logical to accept than the Christian God?
Making such comparisons might even offend some people who do believe in Zeus (few as they are), and who wants that to happen?
2007-03-23 18:36:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I like using Zeus because many people already know those mythological stories and it's fun to get a rise out of christians to point out that their beliefs are so similar to an ancient religion they think of as pagan
it's uber fun to point out that there was another god that impregnated a woman and fathered a son....
2007-03-23 18:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by Rhymes with Camera 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Basically because Zeus is the best known of other Gods to use usually because many people learned about Greek mythology in school.
2007-03-23 19:33:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Zeus is probably the best-known chief god of a pantheon whose cult has basically died out. So you don't have to explain Mithra or Ahura Mazda every time you need to dredge up a god as a comparison to the Christian god. Personally, I try to use Thor in my counterexamples, because 'Thor' is a funny-sounding word.
2007-03-23 18:40:30 · answer #3 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Let's not offend anyone. Isn't the 11th Commandment "Thou shalt not offend?"
I suspect the Dagda has very few adherents these days, let's use him.
2007-03-23 18:42:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought you were going to say something interesting, but then you didn't.
2007-03-23 18:40:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
they are all the same. all = one.
2007-03-23 18:43:34 · answer #6 · answered by Invisible_Flags 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋