Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 23 hours agoHow did Greek or Roman choose their gods besides the big name ones? I mean did they have a god of shoes, god who relieves constapation, or one for there squeaky door?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareHow did Greek or Roman choose their gods besides the big name ones? I mean did they have a god of shoes, god who relieves constapation, or one for there squeaky door?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 23 hours agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoTradition did. Traditionally Gods are just there, before and after you are there. The idea that you could choose your god is weird even today, and it was outright unthinkable (outside of maybe Buddhist cultures) before the age of enlightenment.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·17 hours agoSomeone had to create the god.
Tradition did.
Traditionally Gods are just there, before and after you are there. The idea that you could choose your god is weird even today, and it was outright unthinkable (outside of maybe Buddhist cultures) before the age of enlightenment.
Someone had to create the god.