“You do, you know,” said The Lady. “Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.”

- Terry Pratchett

  • @Darkenfolk
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    33 days ago

    The corpus worship Parvos yes, but that doesn’t mean he is actually worshipped as a god though.

    We can worship our fellow men as just that: extraordinary people who are glowing examples of our species in certain aspects.

    If worship alone would be enough to be considered a god we would be absolutely drowning in gods.

    • @MindTraveller@lemmy.caOP
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      13 days ago

      We are drowning in gods.

      The Japanese worship eight million divine beings. We’ve got about that many too.

      • @Darkenfolk
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        13 days ago

        Are they actively worshipped as gods though, or are they simply remnants of the past?

        • @MindTraveller@lemmy.caOP
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          13 days ago

          Not everyone worships every god. Most of them are very minor deities, like the god of a particular river. You might worship that kami if you fish in that river or use it for transportation, but not if you live somewhere else. Likewise, I don’t worship Trump or the Kardashians, but many people do.