"One man's god is another man's devil". As each subsequent civilization became a dominant power, among its first acts was to depose and demonize whoever the previous culture had worshiped. The Jews attacked Belial, the god of Babylonians. The Christians banished Pan and Loki and Mars, the respective deities of the ancient Greeks and Celts and Romans.
Satan is depicted with cloven hooves coz... Pan had them, and he carries pitchfork based on the trident carried by Neptune. All the demons of Hell formerly reigned as gods in previous cultures.
Even the word "demon" originates with Christian theologians who misinterpreted "daimon" in the writing of Socrates. Originally the word meant 'muse' or 'inspiration,' but its most common definition was "god."
Who could imagine that cross-cultural anthropological theology could be so absolutely fascinating
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"One man's god is another man's devil". As each subsequent civilization became a dominant power, among its first acts was to depose and demonize whoever the previous culture had worshiped. The Jews attacked Belial, the god of Babylonians. The Christians banished Pan and Loki and Mars, the respective deities of the ancient Greeks and Celts and Romans.
Satan is depicted with cloven hooves coz... Pan had them, and he carries pitchfork based on the trident carried by Neptune. All the demons of Hell formerly reigned as gods in previous cultures.
Even the word "demon" originates with Christian theologians who misinterpreted "daimon" in the writing of Socrates. Originally the word meant 'muse' or 'inspiration,' but its most common definition was "god."
Who could imagine that cross-cultural anthropological theology could be so absolutely fascinating
~DAMNED, Chuck Palahniuk~