The Greek gods would be so much fun as a dominant religion. At least we wouldn't have a moral majority - whatever we're planning on doing is nothing compared to what the gods are doing with great gusto! You don't have to worry about the wingnuts saying every natural disaster is the wrath of god because the poor victims are evil! Nooo, you can just say "Zeus did it. He's hungover, better give him a few hours."
While having your universe run basically by giant humans is a little terrifying (my faith in other humans is basically nil) it DOES explain so many things.
While the Greek gods were known for smiting people that did things to annoy them, the list of known annoyances includes such things as "Looked too pretty". They're also human enough that the idea of them miss-targeting a smitation, or smiting an entire region because ONE guy's ego was too big, or just because Hephesteus and Zeus were drunk and making bets ("Here, this one's all crooked. I bet you two virgins you can't hit the broad side of a country with it." "Oh yeah? Watch me!")... well, it just all makes SENSE.
(I kid, but sort of seriously—I am as a matter of fact a polytheist and there are a few Greek gods to whom I give acknowledgment on a regular basis. The reasons aren't that far off from what jerril describes, to be honest.)
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Date: 2008-05-16 12:49 am (UTC)The Greek gods: your model dysfunctional family.
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Date: 2008-05-16 09:58 am (UTC)I am totally going to make a WWZD bracelet.
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Date: 2008-05-16 12:06 pm (UTC)While the Greek gods were known for smiting people that did things to annoy them, the list of known annoyances includes such things as "Looked too pretty". They're also human enough that the idea of them miss-targeting a smitation, or smiting an entire region because ONE guy's ego was too big, or just because Hephesteus and Zeus were drunk and making bets ("Here, this one's all crooked. I bet you two virgins you can't hit the broad side of a country with it." "Oh yeah? Watch me!")... well, it just all makes SENSE.
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Date: 2008-05-16 04:58 pm (UTC)(I kid, but sort of seriously—I am as a matter of fact a polytheist and there are a few Greek gods to whom I give acknowledgment on a regular basis. The reasons aren't that far off from what