re: #265 Obdicut

It’s slightly more stupid if you believe that they’re physically located on Mount Olympus and you can go and throw a rock at ‘em. But no more stupid— and in some ways, less stupid— than believing god created the earth 6000 years ago.

Well, I’m assuming you do agree that it’s more stupid to believe god created the earth 6000 years ago than god ‘started’ the universe. Obviously, the latter is still problematic, unproveable, and a completely unnecessary thought, but the former actually contradicts a hell of a lot of stuff, so I find it a lot dumber.

Yahweh creating the Universe “billions” years ago can be safely classified as a *modern* religion, or a modern understanding of ancient religion. So apples should be compared to apples. I’m sure the modern Greek pagans have their “modern”, “advanced” understanding of these things that avoids “obvious” criticisms. (The same holds true for at least some Mormons, whose apologetics is pretty advanced.)