Jehovah Eclipses: The Greek Gods

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The character Jehovah eclipses that of the corrupted, manmade greek gods in every way. The greek gods show over and over large flaws and that they cannot be trusted, unlike Jehovah who has no flaws and is very trustworthy. Firstly, the greek gods are very unforgiving seen when Athena and Hera curse Paris because he chose Aphrodite as the most beautiful instead of them (Hamby Judgement). This shows that the greek gods are unforgiving because they will become angry and violent when things do not go their way. However, unlike the greek gods, Jehovah is very forgiving as spoken of in Colossians 3:13 where it states that the Lord has forgiven. Also, the greek gods are not trustworthy while Jehovah is. For instance, Zeus had decided to stay neutral

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