I was watching a history channel special on Zeus last night

[AllentownJake]

They are doing a mythology series last night and I think I like Zeus better than the Old Testament God of the Bible. He just seemed like a nicer God. Sure he had his faults and temper tantrums but he seemed to have a lot less of a blood lust than the Old Testament God.

:shrug:

[Ian David]

1. Zeus never destroyed the planet. n/t

[AllentownJake]

4. No he did flood the place once

He got mad people were engaging in cannibalism (the entire his dad trying to eat him thing, even though he ate his first wife) and wiped out all of humanity but two people in a flood.

[Ian David]

20. I must have forgotten about that. Thanks! n/t

[patrice]

18. So what? We're "Saved" , so we're all headed to a better place, aren't we?

What's a planet or even two compared to heaven?

[Robb]

2. Easy for you to say.

*I* have a daughter. :D

[Uncle Joe]

3. Tell that to Prometheus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus

"In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, "forethought")<1> is a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus and Menoetius. He was a champion of human-kind known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals.<2> Zeus then punished him for his crime by having him bound to a rock while a great eagle ate his liver every day only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day. His myth has been treated by a number of ancient sources, in which Prometheus is credited with – or blamed for – playing a pivotal role in the early history of humankind."

[AllentownJake]

5. Yeah but he took it out on Prometheus

He didn't take it out on humanity. He liked the ladies down here.

[Uncle Joe]

13. He took it out on humanity before Prometheus stole the fire, sort of the like the corporate media

took it out on the American People before the Internet was open to them.

The corporate media with their one way top down information flow wouldn't hesitate to screw the men along with the ladies, but they didn't do it out of love. The corporate media's propaganda screwing may not have been as a graceful swan but they could and do come in different forms; morning shows, prime time news, late night news, late night comedy, standard programming, talk radio, newspapers, magazines, books but they never really respected us and millions have lost their lives over the years as a result.

The same with Zeus prior to humanity; getting fire, they were freezing and dying in the cold and dark, that's why Prometheus had pity on them and stole fire in the first place, and his reward was to have his liver eaten for all eternity.

[aquart]

6. Zeus has a rap sheet as long as your arm.

Ask Leda about the swan.

[ZombieHorde]

10. Christian God tops Zeus in the cruelty department.

The flood alone puts Christian God over the top. How many kittens did C.G. drown? How many human babies? Just picture all of those dead kittens and babies floating on the water all over the world.

[aquart]

33. That was the Jewish God and we know what He's like.

Which is why we developed Jewish Humor. The Christian God NEVER does anything bad. He privatized evil and gave Satan the contract. Which would only have been bad if it was done without competitive bidding.

[realisticphish]

7. Wait, wait... what did Zeus have to do with UFOs and Nostradamus?

I don't understand why THAT would be on The History Channel.





:sarcasm:

[AllentownJake]

11. It was History International

The one that shows actual content about History every other night.

[realisticphish]

14. It used to be great

but at least HINT still holds on to a LITTLE quality programming

[AllentownJake]

15. I grew up on the History Channel

Watched it every day with my dad as a teenager. TLC used to be an awesome channel as well.

Reality TV is killing the original. I mean Pawn Stars, while entertaining, doesn't belong on the History Channel.

[realisticphish]

16. i'm not that old

24, but I remember when I could turn on THC, and every single program in an evening looked fascinating. Now, "History" means "non-fiction," and even that stretches often.

[immoderate]

8. Superman puts them all to shame.

He always helps out, and never requires anything in return. He is for truth and justice, and... ah, the American way. He would not wipe out human kind or any other kind.

--imm

[msongs]

9. did Zeus steal Joseph's woman? nt

[cemaphonic]

12. He would have gotten around to it eventually.

Probably with not so much as a friendly "Fear Not!" either.

[NoodleyAppendage]

17. Zeus was hornier than gOD. gOD was more sadistic. n/t

J

[patrice]

19. OD?? What's that? O.D. as in over-dose? an alusion to Mistah Kurtz's famous lines in

Heart of Darkness about Western European culture being "... God obsessed, and dead" ?

On edit: that may be just in the movie version. I can't find my copy of HoD to look it up.

[AnnieBW]

21. No blood lust, just lust

He was a lusty one, Zeus was!

[Union Yes]

22. The new testament is a complete rip-off of Egytptian, Greek, Persian, Roman mythology.

The "miracles" surrounding the story of Jesus are all ripped off from mythologies that predate Jesus by some 2000+ years.

[Nikki Stone1]

24. Do you have a link for this?

Thanks!

[Behind the Aegis]

25. This is a good place to start....

The Jesus Mysteries

You can also Google "Jesus" and other male gods names, or "mythological stories." Hope it helps.

[Nikki Stone1]

32. Thanks

I will check it out.

[Nikki Stone1]

23. That's cause he got more sex

:evilgrin:

[mitchum]

26. I wager that they didn't include the god of Abraham in that mythology series

[AllentownJake]

27. No they did not

However, they do plenty History of the Bible shows.

[Behind the Aegis]

28. They also didn't include Jesus.

[mitchum]

29. I would have also wagered that

[Behind the Aegis]

30. They also did no shows on goddesses.

[AllentownJake]

31. Yeah

I think they should have done a show on Artemis or Athena they had some of the biggest following in the Greco-Roman world.

[Behind the Aegis]

34. I agree. I would also like to see Egyptian...Isis and Bast.

However, they definately should have done one on Athena (check out my user name) as the current capital of Greece is her namesake and she was one of the most powerful gods, with the exception of Zeus and in some myths, she is even his better.

[Uncle Joe]

35. Here are some pics of Athena resting at her home in Music City

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertlz/2436349486/

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g55229-d106498-Reviews-The_Parthenon-Nashville_Tennessee.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

36. Depends which old testament god

the one of the Pentateuch, the first five books... absolutely. After that he got nicer over the millenia...

You could say the religion matured.