>>11885491
they were high all the time?
Lookit, there are tall people. That's a fact.
there are also 'personality types'. we know this through observable social science.
but then we can also observe how 'something comes over someone' and how some have actions that seem 'blessed'.
It's like they are being 'protected' or 'watched over'.
the ancients would observe that in people, and some men (nad women) would seem to 'be' the personification of some other type of spirit creature . . . not a 'giant' or big-tall-man, but a person who has let the 'spirit' guide her.
who were those entities?
how did they 'guide' the ones who 'channeled' them?
or was it all a rouse?
In some sense the gods were just used as a way to propagandize the behaviors that were desired by the rulers. So Mars is shown cheery and marching off to do battle by a cowardly emporer on tha reverse of his coins.
He's that dope-i-oppie, I'm a charming goodlooking guy who the ladies adore, I run a great villa, and grow food for everyone, and I'm daddy to all the good citizens, and make sure things work of for them. Sounds like a good guy?
so you taunt him by putting him on your coins to try and make your loving family of 'children' go and murder each other? Then Mars isn't going to be too pleased with that so . . .
it's a concept.
Did Mars take on the persona of St. Michael?
Or Nemesis take on St. Michael?
do we map the 'good' ancient dieties to the holy angels (the seven on our side?)
or do we say : all of it is bullshit, we need to get along.
but the spirit of the warrior daddy says 'bullshit, when they do bad stuff they need to get spanked'