Does the fact that Troy was discovered prove the existence of Zeus?

Question

And the other gods? After all, Homer's "Iliad" refers to all those gods, so if Troy is real, they must be too...according to the logic of those who believe Bible archaeology proves that God exists.

Answer 1

No, it means that the archaeologists did their homework.

Answer 2

Yeah, I e-mailed a girl this once too. She told me that lots of stuff in the Bible really happened. I said, all that proves is that the Hebrews wrote down their history not that there's a god. I then mentioned that there is alot of evidence for the Trojan war but that doesn't mean that Zeus and Posidon exist either.

Answer 3

Well first of all, the troy which was discovered was infinitismally smaller than the one described by Homer.

I mean, just because the pyramids are real, and refer to Ra and Horus et al, that doesn't mean that they're real, no more than the vatican proves that the Christian god is real.

Mount olympus is still there, that doesn't prove anything. then again...

Your question is very disingenuous. The Bible and the Illiad aren't comparable. The illiad is a work of fiction, and was never held out to be anything else.

Jesus, whether you believe he was the son of god or not existed, as the pontius pilot, and st peter and the rest of the disciples. They all existed, whether or not they were holy, and their existence is a matter of historical record, verified by the romans and jews.

The Illiad was alway held out to be a collection of ancient mythology.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Troy proves the existence of statues of Zeus.

(And, incidentally, that complete amateurs can make amazing contributions to their field.)

Answer 6

Why not? After all there are many people who probably worship Zeus or at least include him in their pantheon. How does anyone know that he doesn't exist?

Answer 7

Darn tootin' it does! :-)

Actually, to be serious for a second (it's an effort, I'm tellin' you) archealogy hit some really serious snags before they STOPPED trying to make things fit Biblical chronology---from Abraham to Moses to Solomon, it just wasn't adding up.

Answer 8

They existed along with those who believe in them at the time, but they were false gods, based on the ancient Nephelim

Answer 9

Great example of the use of the 'straw man fallacy.'

We learned about this in high school debate. Your logic fails.

But it is interesting from an academic angle.

Answer 10

No, archaeology provides evidence to support scripture, it's not proof. I don't know of any Christian that would say what you stated.

Answer 11

Hold on now. Zeus doesn't ask us to believe in him. He commands it with lightning bolts up our a**es!