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Voltaire2

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5. Of course the gods care. You have to get it exactly right or eternal punishment for you.

Reply to edhopper (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 30, 2023, 09:52 AM

Oct 2023

The confusion is thinking that the gods are benevolent. They aren't. See the Book of Job for a clue. At least the Hellenes got this right. Their myths are filled with malevolent gods being quite awful and humans utterly unable to comply with their endless petty demands.

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