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machina99 t1_je029j5 wrote

Reply to comment by sadorna1 in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys

I'd hesitate to say any of the half gods just because Zeus got around so much, but certainly more than half. The rest tend to end up as constellations

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that_baddest_dude t1_je0uxyz wrote

Zeus getting around so much could also be a retcon. See Hercules.

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Animeninja2020 t1_je2bev9 wrote

So if someone is worshipped in Ancient Greece, you could just claim that Zeus was the daddy.

That is a great loophole for the priesthood to use.

"No, he was not a normal name, he was the son of Zeus"

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Weysting t1_je2r0xi wrote

need that pic of the astronaut meme

“wait they’re all sons of zeus ?”

points gun

“always have been”

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Repulsive_Hour_4559 t1_je1v3uu wrote

Popular belief driving an official response is pretty much the system that drives many aspects of religious doctrine

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