Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months 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-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up160arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square24linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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-squarevillage604linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoSomeone had to create the god.
Someone did
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.