Nowadays, almost everyone in civilized countries is monotheistic. However, this wasn’t always true, and the idea of multiple gods continues to fascinate, as evidenced by the popularity of the Greek myths. Throughout history, multiple civilizations have had this idea of many deities running amok. Yet, there seems to be a distinction between gods and God. These gods have human characteristics, and failures, while God is seen as perfect. This lead to my idea-perhaps, all the myths are true? Who’s to say that all these civilizations weren’t correct? Perhaps, they just didn’t have the whole picture. Certain gods only stayed in certain areas, leading those people in worship of them only, while God stayed above and watched all.
My first big introduction into this world of different gods and cultures came from the book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick
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Looking back on it, I’m surprised I was allowed to read the series at all, as my parents are ultra Christian. However, I’m super glad they did, as my imagination became captivated by these new ideas. Myths have helped shape the great civilizations of old, the way they battled, why they fought, and even how they held back or progressed technology. This allows for the idea of how different culture's gods would interact with each other.
I can spend hours revising my opinions on how they all would interact with each other and how multiple gods would complete the same task in different cultures and areas of the world. I’ve gotta be honest, Marvel Cinematic Universe and Marvel Comics play a large part in this. As the Infinity War begins to really take off, and new universe ideas are played out, I have to revise my theory yet again, and see what would work with these new ideas, such as the celestial from Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2. However, I can mostly make any new additions with ease as long as I stay true to the base of my theory-all