I agree it is ridiculous and on how hypocritical it is.
Do those people actually understand what they worship though? I worship myself because I am “God” as a mere fragmented unique expression. That was the misconception of ancient expression, the entire time their gods are inside themself and come out in form of archetypes which they attribute those traits to the “gods” external expressions through language/art to depict self. When one understands fully the symbol is not what matters alone, it is the understanding of the symbol and realizing it is a representation of a specific existence of a unique expression. It’s the typical heros story on repeat through different Era, language changes, people change, art changes, the messages stay nearly the same but some has been left out with modern “religion” it would almost seem as if Abrahamic religion intentionally demonize the ego/archetypes completely as to avoid the balance and keep passive-like behavior and we must achieve balance/understanding between the ancient “gods” and the universal one, does this make sense? Both are key elements in understanding self if interpreted properly with the key element being to understand it, openly, unbiased and not so literally.
Think a bird, two wings (politics) take Republicans, religion for unification, take liberals, New world order for unification. Both are an attempt to lead to sameness (bred passivity). They work together based on which choice we make or which side wins, the outcome is the same. Hence the “two wings, same bird” metaphor. Each side offers limited “freedoms” that appeal to different sides, ultimately leading to sameness. This is why empires fall and then come back together just to fall again, this constant attempt of complete unification or cultural genocide.
Of course I am not saying man has the ability to call storms out of the sky, that would be magic (unexplained science) but they are representations mostly of self along with environment of the present moment of which when they were recorded/expressed.
Christianity does not account for the old gods, which leads me to the thought that it may be a method to completely unify man kind to easily control them since sameness(breeding passivity) is a lessening of idea and thinking. We come to new through appreciation of and an attempt to understand this diversity. It would be easier to weed the intellectuals out and keep the sheep on the bottom, think in terms of “new world order” today through “politics”, it is the same concept of which switched form they’re trying to control or direct us through using psyche. Trying to unify us all so we may be controlled and limited further under one culture. Is this not what Abrahamic religions are doing today and can be observed blatantly? The fighting to convert?
The old gods were left out because they paint a story that is simpler to understand than a universal deity, no common man comes to understand that they are a branch of this universal God, not without a ton of study and understanding, but a pagan may believe they are embodiment of Odin, which isn’t NOT correct, except for “mystical power” which they attribute weather as control when it is merely another reaction of variables.
Why else do they (America) destroy culture like Iraqs Ancient sumerian temple/tower? it is an agenda of control, not a mere ignorance of mans ego(of which this ignorance to ego is bred from the very society which is in trying to achieve this agenda) like they like to have everyone believing. Rich men at the top don’t want to lose their power they have clung to for ages past.