Looking for Zeus, Santa Claus and Tolkien. Redux on Adam and Sitch

I participated in a live-stream on Sunday with Adam Friended and PSA Sitch. The question was whether ancient people "believed" in their mythological gods like contemporary religious people "believe" in God. It's actually a difficult question on lots of levels. I wasn't sure of exactly what we'd talk about and I didn't know if I was helpful so I thought I'd take some time to walk through some of the complexity. 

Adam Friended and PSA Sitch livestream https://youtu.be/oEq44yiZ4H8
Steven D Smith the Pagan City Secularism https://youtu.be/W9I9sVUta5s
Steven Smith, Ross Douthat, Tara Isabel Burton AEI https://youtu.be/WIttJNroGyM
Witchcraft and Christianity https://athenaeumreview.org/essay/managing-our-darkest-hatreds/
Til We Have Faces CS Lewis https://amzn.to/2FzeYLX
Jordan Peterson Biblical Series 1 https://youtu.be/f-wWBGo6a2w
Jordan Peterson Death and Resurrection of Jesus https://youtu.be/xPIanlF6IwM
Byrne Power Cargo Cults https://youtu.be/yuqtZVu4NBc

 

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