POST 14: The role of gods in war

Ancient 
gods reinforced and created what was and wasn't moral. The gods in ancient stories also demonstrate that they are in no way more divine or sensible than mortals. They too make mistakes and go through some of the problems mortals deal with such as love, hate, pride, jealousy and sometimes cruel nature . Take for instance the Epic of Gilgamesh , where Gilgamesh and Enkidu discover, in some ways their divine powers make them even more childish and irrational and capricious than their human counterparts. Also note how Ishtar tries to tempt Gilgamesh to sleep with her  when she is overcome with lust. Gilgamesh points out the irony of this in his open rebuke to her: the goddess of love has become enslaved by the passion that she herself is, in theory at least, in charge of:
Modern
In today's society we do not have gods like the greeks or Romans do. But we have those we deem as Super heroes or celebrities who many worship.Our modern day gods tend to be identified as celebrities and super heroes. For example, we have Superman, Batman, Captain America, Iron Man etc. All these heroes have super powers that make people believe in them and also have lives that really to some people.

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  1. Imani GilmoreMarch 5, 2017 at 8:52 PM

    Ashley, I definitely agree with your post to a certain degree. I felt the same way as you did in other words saying that they both (Gods)have similarities although there occurring at different times.

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