I am probably one of the few people in the world who believe that the ancient Greek gods had their ties in very real demonic spirits related to the "legends" talked about in Genesis (when the sons of God produced giants).
I think this is very much a sign of the end times: calling up the old "gods" or evil spirits that ruled regions of the world long ago.
But it won't be as clean as the Greek myth classes we took as youths.
Many of these gods had rituals and rites that were extremely demonic.
I once heard a pastor say that evil comes because it is invited.
When the former "gods" of Egypt are called up again, I believe things are going to get real nasty. Those were some horrid demons. Among some of the pagans I have encountered, Isis is a real, unseen personality.
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http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_16.html
In the beginning there was an empty darkness. The only thing in this void was Nyx, a bird with black wings. With the wind she laid a golden egg and for ages she sat upon this egg. Finally life began to stir in the egg and out of it rose Eros, the god of love. One half of the shell rose into the air and became the sky and the other became the Earth. Eros named the sky Uranus and the Earth he named Gaia. Then Eros made them fall in love.
Uranus and Gaia had many children together and eventually they had grandchildren. Some of their children become afraid of the power of their children. Kronus, in an effort to protect himself, swallowed his children when they were still infants. However, his wife Rhea hid their youngest child. She gave him a rock wrapped in swaddling clothes, which he swallowed, thinking it was his son.
Once the child, Zeus, had reached manhood his mother instructed him on how to trick his father to give up his brothers and sisters. Once this was accomplished the children fought a mighty war against their father. After much fighting the younger generation won. With Zeus as their leader, they began to furnish Gaia with life and Uranus with stars.
Soon the Earth lacked only two things: man and animals. Zeus summoned his sons Prometheus (fore-thought) and Epimetheus (after-thought). He told them to go to Earth and create men and animals and give them each a gift.
Prometheus set to work forming men in the image of the gods and Epimetheus worked on the animals. As Epimetheus worked he gave each animal he created one of the gifts. After Epimetheus had completed his work Prometheus finally finished making men. However when he went to see what gift to give man Epimetheus shamefacedly informed him that he had foolishly used all the gifts.
Distressed, Prometheus decided he had to give man fire, even though gods were the only ones meant to have access to it. As the sun god rode out into the world the next morning Prometheus took some of the fire and brought it back to man. He taught his creation how to take care of it and then left them.
When Zeus discovered Prometheus' deed he became furious. He ordered his son to be chained to a mountain and for a vulture to peck out his liver every day till eternity. Then he began to devise a punishment for mankind. Another of his sons created a woman of great beauty, Pandora. Each of the gods gave her a gift. Zeus' present was curiosity and a box which he ordered her never to open. Then he presented her to Epimetheus as a wife.
Pandora's life with Epimetheus was happy except for her intense longing to open the box. She was convinced that because the gods and goddesses had showered so many glorious gifts upon her that this one would also be wonderful. One day when Epimetheus was gone she opened the box.
Out of the box flew all of the horrors which plague the world today - pain, sickness, envy, greed. Upon hearing Pandora's screams Epimetheus rushed home and fastened the lid shut, but all of the evils had already escaped.
Okay, pop quiz.
Does anyone else find the statement "Among some of the pagans I have encountered, Isis is a real, unseen personality" to be ... er ... strange? Why would you need to mention that a person whose religion is based in one or more ancient mythologies would consider an ancient Egyptian goddess to be real?
Perhaps you could use those beautiful feet to take a long, relaxing hike during which you could actually see the *real* world. Or, maybe you could just take a long, relaxing hike on a short pier.
@TDR: Here in Norway [insert jokes about our results in PISA here] we had about Greek mythology as a warm-up to Greek philosophy in our Religion classes. And if what your classes, Beautiful Feet, were anything like ours, Greek Mythology itself is not as clean as your Greek myth classes. I mean, enough incest, violence and egocentric deities to compete with the Abrahamtic religions.
I think this is very much a sign of the end times: calling up the old "gods" or evil spirits that ruled regions of the world long ago.
Cthulhu is coming!
Many of these gods had rituals and rites that were extremely demonic.
*snorts* As if you would know anything about demonology.
I once heard a pastor say that evil comes because it is invited.
Not necessarily history should make that more than clear.
When the former "gods" of Egypt are called up again, I believe things are going to get real nasty. Those were some horrid demons. Among some of the pagans I have encountered, Isis is a real, unseen personality.
Repeat after me "Yu-Gi-Oh is just a cartoon".
Oh come on. You had the opportunity to pick an actually scary Egyptian god and you pick Isis? Isis was the nicest of the batch! Set, Sekhmet, Anubis, THOSE are some names that might lend you more credibility (and even Anubis is good, it's just that death gods frighten people) and you go and pick Isis.
That's like talking about how horrible the Greek gods are and skipping over Zeus, Hades, and Ares to pick Athena. And even Athena did some sketchier things than Isis.
Until you stop making the Mummy series look accurate by comparison, shut up about ancient Egypt.
"When the former "gods" of Egypt are called up again, I believe things are going to get real nasty. Those were some horrid demons. Among some of the pagans I have encountered, Isis is a real, unseen personality."
I think this is very much a sign of the end times: calling up the old "gods" or evil spirits that ruled regions of the world long ago.
Your Greek myth classes where clean? The Greek myths are just as bloody as the Christian and Jewish myths.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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