[LINK] Weekend Philosophy 101 ...

[Roger Clarke]

At 13:05 +1100 19/3/11, Tom Koltai wrote:
>1: all these different deities have in fact had a round table discussion
>[G27 - as in 27 Gods] and decided to pop off to a world far far away for
>the next two millennia for a well deserved holiday leaving humanity to
>it's own devices.

The power of a god is in direct proportion to the number of believers
(aka 'man is a god's best friend').

Myriad small gods survive off the remaining odd (so to speak) 
believer, who is generally living in a cave or wandering in a desert.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Gods

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