Joseph (Smith) restored to us something of Greek religion

Mar 31, 2009 21:30

"...Here is where I think Joseph restored to us something of Greek religion. Homer’s heros are theomorphic. “The godlike Achilles” is a man who can battle with gods and (at least against lesser gods) come off victor. For a good two and half millennia, monotheists have been smugly berating the Greeks for having such pathetically human gods. What is ( Read more... )

mormonism, graeco roman polytheism

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pinkvinylangel April 1 2009, 12:36:24 UTC
interesting...very interesting. ^__^

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romulus214 April 1 2009, 23:11:15 UTC
That is what i said :)

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