#he fathered the god of fear and hunger and helped in the creation of Logic

[finalfivecarts]

when a man with a saviour complex tries to ascend but you achieve godhood first and revolutionise humanity into a new golden age #girl

[aliciavance4228]

Finally found that meme. Now try not to cringe (or break something):

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Demeter

Seeming harmless, is actually the most terrifying of all in the Pantheon;

Directly responsible for most famines throughout history;

Once cursed a man with eternal hunger;

Haaaaaaates Hades;

Phobos and Deimos

Knock Knock;

It's Fear and Terror;

We're your secret police;

Cronus (already wrote what this guy said about him)

Nyx

The Night which envelops us all;

Born near the dawn of creation itself;

Terrifying and formless progenitor of half this chart's gods;

Nemesis

Goddess of revenge;

Hunts down all those excessive hubris with extreme predjudice;

Tyche's evil sister;

Athena

Goddess of craft, wisdom and the strategic side of war;

Somehow more of a sociopath than Ares;

Birthed from father's head, a Theory given flesh;

Cybele

Magna Mater;

MAGNA MATER;

Demands undying loyalty;

Will actually take away your penis;

Hephaestus

Hideous god of the forge, and working class icon;

Parents gave him raw deal;

Literal cuckhold;

Morpheus

The original Sandman;

Lord of Dream;

Largely apolitical, but gives an oft-unwanted service for absolutely free;

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The Fates

Control all;

Weave all;

Kill all;

Bind even Olympians in threads of destiny;

Hera

Queen of the Gods, standing for Marriage and Authority;

Always blames husband's victims;

She and her servants are always watching;

Zeus

King of the Gods, Sky God and prototypical monarch;

In fact, invented Royal Incest;

Hurled his thunderbolt;

Ares

'ate peace;

'ate harmony;

'ate ceasefire;

luv war;

luv blood;

luv 'Dite;

Simple as that;

Helios and Selene

Ancient deities of Sun and Moon;

Possibly pre-greek?

Aren’t seen much today;

Poseidon

Absolute overlord of ocean and seas;

Swallows communists into the depths;

Don't piss him off;

Hestia

Traditionalist goddess of hearth and home;

Perpetually chaste and virginal;

Stays neutral in all conflicts;

Nike

Goddess of victory, success and triumph;

Friends with Zeus and Ares;

Really, really likes cheap Chinese labour;

Ouranos

The Heavens themselves, first ruler of the Universe;

Tradition mutilated and forgotten;

I'm not going to make the joke;

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Hecate

Goddess of Magic, teacher of witches;

Ancient dweller in the Underworld;

Really, really likes dogs;

Zephyrus

God of the Western Wind, gentlest of the 4;

Heralds the coming spring;

Early LGBT hero;

Astraea

Goddess of Justice, Innocence and Purity;

Sweet Summer Child;

Archetypical virgin, inspiration for the constellation;

Artemis

The Huntress, protector of nature and young girls;

Leads a hunt of (nearly) undying loyalty;

Enjoys turning people into animals;

Iris

Goddess of the Rainbow;

Messenger of the Gods before Hermes was born and took her job;

Probably either gay or extremely high;

Dionysus

God of emotion, chaos, insanity, ectasy and wine;

Brings love to keep you solace in the darkness;

Entwined to Apollo;

Pan

God of the Wilds, the Flocks and the Shepards;

Great musician;

Invented Panic and thaught shephards how to jack off;

May be hive mind of the smaller Satyr gods;

Visits his communal gay furry orgies!

Might be dead...

Aphrodite

Goddess of Love, Beauty and Pleasure;

Can seduce anyone, for better or worse;

Multiple forms, diverse origin story;

Aggressive shipper;

Hermes

God of messengers, travelers and thieves;

Stealing things since the day he was born;

Divine trickster who'll find his way into every myth;

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Hypnos

Zzzzzzzzzz;

Politics just put me to sleep;

Is actually death's brother;

Heracles

Pulled himself up by snake-skin boots from Mortality to Godhood (with a little help from Daddy);

Ran huge merch line, according to the Mouse;

Really liked younger men;

Charon

Ferryman of the Dead across river Styx;

Just wants your money;

The very last price you'll ever pay;

Apollo

God of rational thought, logic, healing, prophecy, the sun and light;

Brings truth and understanding;

Entwined with Dionysus;

Tyche

Goddess of fortune and chance;

She'll give you city success and plenty;

At least for a time...

Atlas

Must I explain this?

Eris

Has inspired entire lib-center philosophies;

Caused the Trojan War for shits and giggles;

Honestly the most based deity;

Eros

God of fierce love and desire;

Greatest franchising of any god;

Existence seem to prove certain... claims of some Lib-Right;

Hades

As Pluto, he's "The Rich One"...

Lives in an underground cave with his guard dog and teen wife;

Don't eat his food;

Feel free to criticize this meme as much as you please;

I just saw a wojak meme where Cronus was labeled as a Communist because, and I quote:

Sikle-wielding Leader of the Titans and Master of Time;

In charge of nostalgic Golden Age which actually sucked;

"The revolution devours its children."

I really hope this was a joke and dude wasn't 100% serious, because what the hell?!

And look, I don't want my post to turn into some political shit, but claiming that a deity that was worshipped hundreds of years before Karl Marx was even born is a communist is just as absurd as claiming that "X god was a feminist." or "Y deity was the patron of the LGBT Community." All of these appeared very late historically speaking.

[dfroza]

beautiful truth.

A set of posts shared by John Parsons all about the True illumination of Light:

The implication that God is our Creator is enormous and pervades everything else in our lives. God’s creative power is witnessed by all conscious life. The Divine Light that was created before the sun and the stars represents God's immanent presence that "lights up" all of creation - including our minds (Gen. 1:3). Since we were created b’tzelem Elohim, “in the image of God,” the witness of God's truth is foundational to all of our thinking as well. The revelation (not the invention) of logical first principles is part of God's "signature," if you will, of how the mind is wired to reality. Likewise we have intuitive awareness regarding the existence of moral truth (i.e., the standard of justice and moral law), aesthetic truth (i.e., ideals of beauty, goodness, worth, and love), and metaphysical truth (i.e., cause and effect relationships). “The heavens are recounting the glory of God, and the expanse is proclaiming his handiwork” (Psalm 19:1). God’s power and presence can be clearly inferred from the tremendous effect of the universe itself. As Paul stated, "the invisible things of Him (τά ἀόρατα αὐτοῦ) from the creation of the world are clearly seen (καθοράω), so that people are without excuse" (Rom. 1:19-20). It is the fear of the LORD (יִרְאַת יהוה) that is truly the beginning of wisdom and knowledge (Psalm 111:10; Prov. 1:7; 9:10). The Hebrew word for fearing (ירא) and seeing (ראה) share the same root. We cannot truly see reality apart from reverencing God as the Lord and King of Creation. [H4C]

The New Testament identifies the “Voice of the Creator” (קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלהִים) as the all-powerful Word of God: בְּרֵאשִׁית הָיָה הַדָּבָר / “in the beginning was the Word” (John 1:1,14). Yeshua is the Source of all life in the universe: כָּל־הַמַּעֲשִׂים נִהְיוּ עַל־יָדוֹ / “All things were made by Him (John 1:3). The “Word made flesh” is the "image of the invisible God" and the "radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint (χαρακτήρ, 'character') of his nature" (John 1:14, Col. 1:15). All of creation is being constantly upheld by the word of His power (Heb. 1:3): “All things were created by Him (i.e., Yeshua), and for Him” and in Him all things consist (συνεστηκεν, lit. “stick together”) (Col. 1:16-17). Creation begins and ends with the redemptive love of God as manifested in the Person of Yeshua our Messiah... He is the Center of Creation - its beginning and end. As it is written: אָנכִי אָלֶף וְתָו רִאשׁוֹן וְאַחֲרוֹן ראשׁ וָסוֹף / "I am the 'Aleph' and the 'Tav,' the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End" (Rev. 22:13). Every knee shall one day bow before Him (Isa. 45:23; Rom. 14:11; Phil. 2:9-11). Indeed, Yeshua is מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים / Melech Malchei Hamelachim: The "King of kings of kings." He is LORD of all possible worlds -- from the highest celestial glory to the dust of death upon a cross... יְהִי שֵׁם יהוה מְברָךְ / yehi shem Adonai mevorakh: “Let the Name of the LORD be blessed” forever (Psalm 113:2). Amen. [H4C]

The question is raised as to why Adam was created alone. Why didn’t God create Adam and Eve together at the same time, or perhaps even create a community of people? The sages answer that God created Adam alone as “olam malei” (עוֹלָם מָלֵא), an entire world, to teach us that each individual person is of great value and significance. “Thus anyone who sustains one individual has sustained the world; and anyone who destroys one individual has destroyed an entire world.” In addition, God created man as a solitary creation to remind all people that they descend from a common source. No one has a greater or better lineage than anyone else. Moreover, each of us is created with a radical sense of “aloneness,” since - despite our relationships with other people - each of us is born alone and will die alone. This sense of aloneness is a built in “hunger” for relationship and especially for God’s presence. Therefore the very first commandment comes in the form of a blessing: “And God blessed them and said, פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ / pru urvu: "be fruitful and multiply" (Gen. 1:28). People were created to be in fellowship with others and with God, and when this is lacking, there is a profound soul hunger and divine need. [H4C]

The New Testament affirms that knowing that the First Cause of the universe is the personal God revealed in the Jewish Scriptures is the result of faith in God’s direct revelation: “By faith (בָּאֱמוּנָה) we understand that the universe [lit. “worlds”] were created by the utterance of God (בִּדְבַר אֱלהִים), so that what is seen [i.e., the “effect” of the universe] did not come into being out of existing phenomena [i.e., was made yesh me’ayin - ‘out of nothing’]” (Heb. 11:3). Again, this is a matter of special revelation directly imparted by God’s grace so that the soul may apprehend the Divine Light that preceded the creation of the worlds. Faith "looks not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal" (2 Cor. 4:18). This "collision" with the world of everydayness creates a restlessness or homesickness for our true home in heaven... (May God help each of us persevere.)

The very first phrase of the Scriptures, “In the beginning God created...” (Gen. 1:1), is therefore the starting point of all true and right thinking about the universe itself. Everything else follows from this revealed truth which natural (i.e., human) reason can merely approximate. God alone can create yesh me’ayin - “out of nothing” (the Hebrew verb bara (בָּרָא) is used exclusively to refer to God’s power in this way), and therefore God stands exaltedly apart from the universe as its unique Creator and personal Master. This is the guiding thought that overshadows all that follows in the pages of Scripture. God is holy - separate - and entirely unique. He is the Personal God who loves, wills, speaks, intends, etc., and to whom human beings owe their allegiance and life. The God of Israel is not some indifferent deity that functions as a theoretical construct to explain the universe: He is the Source of all life, the personal Judge and Redeemer of all people. [H4C]

“Then the LORD God formed the man from dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living soul” (Gen. 2:7). We tend to think of dust in self-effacing terms; for example, repenting in “dust and ashes” expresses unworthiness and sinfulness. Yet the dust God used to form Adam was not worthless, but instead represented very fine particles of creation, a substance suspended midway between heaven and earth, almost a “spiritual matter.” This is suggested by the fact that God first intended man to be his image bearer and only then used dust as the material for that higher end. The sages note that regarding the creation of animals, God said, “Let the earth (eretz) bring forth according to their kinds” (Gen. 1:24), but regarding man he said, “Let us make him be’tzelmeinu - in our image (as a photograph), after our likeness” (Gen. 1:26). Therefore God brought forth the lower animals in groups, but he created Adam as the only one of its kind, the son of God and prince of God’s creation. God breathed into Adam nishmat chayim (נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים), “a living soul” (the word neshamah [נשָׁמָה] is used to describe life breathed into humans, not to animals). The LORD breathed “out of himself” to share his own spirit with mankind... Therefore your soul does not come from nature, but from God; your inner essence originates directly from the LORD. Yeshua breathes out and says to you, "Receive the Holy Spirit” (John 20:22). [H4C]

The Torah begins with the letter Bet (בּ) rather than the letter Aleph (א) to denote God's humility. The letter Aleph is the first letter, the king of the alphabet, and the letter that begins "I AM" (i.e., אנכי) - the first word of the Ten Commandments. The letter Bet, on the other hand, is the second letter that means "house" or "home" (בּית). This suggests that the Torah begins with the focus not on the "I" but on creation, the household of God. And though God did not wish to be the center of attention, so to speak, Aleph and Bet together spell the word "father" (אב), that is, the One who oversees the household of the world in love. As it is written, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights (אֲבִי הַמְּארוֹת) with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change" (James 1:17). [H4C]

The very first prophecy of the Bible was spoken to the serpent, namely, God's promise that through the "seed of the woman" would come One who would battle the serpent and ultimately crush the kingdom of Satan (Gen. 3:15). Notice that the promise of the coming "Serpent Slayer" was given to Adam and Eve before their judgment was announced. And even after their judgment was given, "the LORD God made tunics of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them" - a clear picture of being compassionately "robed in righteousness" imparted by an innocent sacrifice. The very first sacrifice recorded in the Torah - performed by God Himself - prefigured the coming redemption by the "seed of the woman" who would die as a substitutionary sacrifice for their sins.

"God creates the cure before the plague." Just as God created mankind only after He created the pathway of repentance (i.e., Yeshua is called the "Lamb slain from the foundation of the world": 1 Pet. 1:20, Eph. 1:4, Rev. 13:8), so purification from death and the nullification of the curse was also foreseen and provided by the cross of the Messiah. Yeshua is the antidote to the venom delivered through the serpent's bite (John 3:14-15). "For as in Adam all die, so also in Messiah shall all be made alive" (1 Cor. 15:22). The "new seed" of life given to us in Yeshua makes us into a "new creation" (בְּרִיאָה חֲדָשָׁה) that fully restores the defaced image of God within us: "Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven" (1 Cor. 15:49). [H4C]

We are in the midst of a great spiritual war -- the war for the truth. This has been the battle from the beginning. The very first words of evil (הַנָּחָשׁ) questioned and garbled God's truth: אַף כִּי־אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹאכְלוּ מִכֹּל עֵץ הַגָּן - "Did God really say you shall not eat from all the trees of the garden?" (Gen. 3:1). The test of the orchard was therefore the test of teshuvah - that is, whether Adam and Eve would turn to God or turn to evil. Satan’s deceptive appeal to Eve was that the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge would give her wisdom that would make her “like God,” knowing both good and evil. The essence of temptation focused on her pride and her desire to acquire wisdom using her own autonomous reasoning. The fruit represented self-will and the abandonment of God’s rule as King of the universe. Eve’s sin was ultimately that of unbelief (which is the reason why we must be saved by faith, as a reversal of the original sin). When she ate the forbidden fruit, the body (carnality) became the central focus and shame was the result.

The Hebrew word for truth (i.e., emet: אֱמֶת) implies more than descriptive correspondence to include faithfulness and trust; it is both cognitive (emunah) and emotive (bittachon). In the end there will be found two types of people: those who love the truth and those who love the lie; these are children of light (בְּנֵי הָאוֹר) and children of darkness (בְּנֵי הַחשֶׁךְ), respectively. Followers of Yeshua the Messiah are told to "walk as children of light" / ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε (Eph. 5:8). Children of light are called to be am kadosh - a holy people - separate from the evil engendered by the fallen world and its forces, just as the very first creative expression of God was the separation of light from darkness (Gen. 1:3-4). The children of light "hate evil and love the good," and conversely, the children of darkness "hate the good and love evil" (Psalm 34:21, Prov. 8:13, Amos 5:15, John 3:20-21). Yes, we hate sin, because sin separates people from healing; we hate sin but we love others. We are to walk in the peace and love of God; to do acts of justice and lovingkindness (Psalm 97:10). "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.” [H4C]

We are people of truth, people of faith in the LORD God of Israel. We share our hope with the great tzaddikim of the ages as we walk through the "valley of the shadow of death" that is this world. We believe in God's mercy and love given in the Messiah; we believe in the resurrection of Yeshua from the dead and hold fast to the promise of an unimaginably wonderful blessing reserved for us in the world to come. Meanwhile we walk by faith, believing that no prayer we utter ever goes unanswered. We trust in our heavenly Father's care as we pour out our hearts to him for the healing of those who are still lost and in despair... We remember that time is short and soon we will see our great King panim el-panim, "face to face"! At any given moment of the day, then, regardless of our present circumstances, we can turn to the secret reality of the Divine Presence and come "boldly before the Throne of Grace." As Yeshua said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven...” (Matt. 13:11). The Spirit of God always says, "Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you” (Isa. 26:20). In the secret places of our heart - our “prayer closet” - we appeal to the Hidden Presence to be manifest in the midst of every circumstance of our lives. Our Heavenly Father sees in secret; he knows the groaning of our hearts. Therefore may we never be ashamed; may we never grow bitter; may our sorrows lead us from strength to strength; and may the days of our sojourn yield to us greater wisdom, deeper compassion, and finally return us to the accepting arms of our great God and Savior. By faith let us draw near and call upon the Name of the LORD. Shabbat shalom dear friends... - jjp

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