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Originally Posted by manna-man
Too much credence of mythology
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Again, I disagree. G. H. Pember in the early parts of his book "Earth's Earliest Ages" made a very interesting point about mythology. He said the Greek myth about creation is the exact inverse of the Hebrew story. The Hebrew story is 1) God created 2) the heavens and the earth and then 3) the earth became chaotic. The Greek version of creation goes like this: 1) Chaos reigned and then 2) the heavens and earth emerged from which sprang 3) the gods.
When I first encountered that decades ago I was teaching mythology to high schoolers. I had a very religious student who objected to my even teaching it, her mother called the school, we had a meeting, the mother vs. the school (sounds like today, eh?) and the entire humanities department was there facing this strong woman. I was the only one who sympathized with her viewpoint. I remember telling her (and the group) "I understand where you're coming from. I too believe Greek mythology isn't merely fanciful stories, that they have a root in truth that is much deeper. But I think it's good to know this version of events." I didn't go full throttle on my view that these myths are Satan's version of events, Satan depicted for the most part by Zeus, the king of the gods, the rest of the Oympians being his fallen angel cohort. I was a young teacher and didn't want to be totally ostracized. We concluded the meeting by agreeing that her daughter did not need to take part in the unit I was teaching.
I have not changed my views. The Satanic way is to invert whatever God said. God's first commandment, "Be fruitful and multiply" is the first thing Satan wanted to invert. His tactic was to divide Adam from Eve, to stop procreation before it started. He failed.
So toss off Greek mythology as fanciful stories if you want: I don't. And Jesus didn't either.