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Hello there Mayberry! Hope all you bastards are having a good day.
I've been reading some Neil Gaiman and thinking about dead religions lately. The ones that have been stamped out by Christianity, Islam or Buddhism, (or the other major religions) - or the ones that have been absorbed into Christianity etc. Many religious practices no longer have their gods but we still celebrate "pagan" festivals in some manner or another.
As an example, I would consider the ancient Greek pantheon a "dead religion". Nobody seriously prays to Zeus anymore.
Any interest in this subject? Anyone have any insight or comments or articles they would like to link us too?
Here are some articles on the subject via a quick Google search:
http://listverse.com/2013/10/04/10-forgotten-ancient-religions/
http://www.ancient.eu/religion/
Also, i'll kindly ask we keep the discussion to dead religions as much as possible, okay, Ripskater?
I've been reading some Neil Gaiman and thinking about dead religions lately. The ones that have been stamped out by Christianity, Islam or Buddhism, (or the other major religions) - or the ones that have been absorbed into Christianity etc. Many religious practices no longer have their gods but we still celebrate "pagan" festivals in some manner or another.
As an example, I would consider the ancient Greek pantheon a "dead religion". Nobody seriously prays to Zeus anymore.
Any interest in this subject? Anyone have any insight or comments or articles they would like to link us too?
Here are some articles on the subject via a quick Google search:
http://listverse.com/2013/10/04/10-forgotten-ancient-religions/
http://www.ancient.eu/religion/
Also, i'll kindly ask we keep the discussion to dead religions as much as possible, okay, Ripskater?
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