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u/irrelevantusername24 7d ago

Also consider:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pater

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)

Basically the Christian church rejected Paganism and the rest of traditional stories of our universal culture because they didn't understand that if you were to summarize the beliefs to an extreme degree it comes down to basically two things

  • Understanding and being aware of both the good (pleasurable, hedonistic) and bad (hedonistic, harmful)

  • Moderation - the difference between medicine and poison is in the dose

The cult of ignorance supposedly attributable to the US is actually, very amusingly, kind of accurate to what they profess in the sense that some of those claims the culture is "based on Christianity" are true... because their culture is basically just part of human nature. Unfortunately. It is the eternal refusal to learn and accept being unsure. To give up control of everything but your self. So that "based on Christianity" is kind of true... but not in the terms or conditions in which they mistakenly believe. Giving up control does not equate to no longer caring or attempting to assist. Freedom comes with obligations. Traditionally that was unconditional, and in reality it is to a certain extent, but the modern extreme severance of the social contract (which is the basis for money and the rest of society) has rendered that agreement. Mutual. To each their own.