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What Clash of the Titans’ gods teach us about God

Josh Larsen

Matt Stone
April 16, 2010

I've heard this sort of theology before but never from genuine polytheists. Sounds more like this versions was more of an atheist take on polytheism. Yet to see it myself though.

Reidklos
April 16, 2010

You hit the nail right on the head, Josh. Myths only strengthen my faith and my resolve to delve deeper into the mysteries of God. And that's one of the things that I love about God: He isn't afraid of being misrepresented. In fact He doesn't remove anything that may cause doubt. How big and confident and majestic are You when You want total logical and emotional concurrence of Your followers? That's hot. What does He do to counteract misrepresentation? He pours out His love in abundance and gives us chance after chance to see the light. It's not until our cups are full of iniquity that He makes a final judgement call. Even His feigned hissy fits with the Children of Israel were just a means to show Moses himself and how close he had gotten to God.

I guess because I have a plethora of non-Christian friends I am always in a situation to "defend" my Father's honor. What I am learning though is to continue walking in righteousness and let my life show them what God is all about. i take their arguments against Him and life's misrepresentations of Him and use them as fuel for study, ammunition during prayer, and a reason to stay wrapped in His arms. I know eventually we're going to have a "Clash of the Titans" and as Sandi Patti sings: When the time comes i want Him to know me. When the time comes i want to be there. And when the time comes i wanna be ready...when Jesus comes to take me...home.

Jcarpenter
April 16, 2010

I always found resonance with the Norse mythology story of Baldur the Beautiful, son of Odin, who through Loki the Evil One's deceit is killed, yet "brought back to life" each spring from winter's death.
Mythology, as explained in the words and works of Lewis and Tolkien, shows a glimpse of the True Story.

SiarlysJenkins
April 19, 2010

Digging too deep into mythology can lead to questions about the Gospel story. After all, there was a Greek ritual, the Eleusinian Mystery, in which acolytes were held underground "in the tomb" for three days, then brought back "from death" into the sunlight, "reborn." One could easily wonder whether early Christians grafted this onto the story of Jesus? Likewise, the Divine Son of the Virgin Mother was a pagan icon for five thousand years or more, found in many European and Asian cultures. Or, one could say, as C.S. Lewis does, that the pagan insights were a pale insight into the Real Truth. Who knows?

What impresses me about polytheistic and henotheistic pantheons is how human the gods are. Jewish, Christian, and Muslim teaching is about a single, transcendent, God, who freely tells us "my ways are not your ways." I think the more irksome doctrinal disputes which have waylaid Christianity are the result of people trying to understand God in human terms, as the Greeks did their gods. God cannot be understood in human terms. We shouldn't try too hard to do so. "He has shown you, oh man, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God." Explanations of The Trinity inevitable end with the statement "It's a mystery." The entire discussion should have started and ended there. Don't try to tell me the nature of God. It's a mystery. We don't really need to know.

Dennis
April 26, 2010

Same thoughts here!
I was expecting this could be similar to the movie 300, however, there is a religious message in the movie such as how god love the man.
I know for sure this is not the god in Greek mythology, but a message to the audience of the Christian God.

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