There Were Some Good Gods Here Before Christians

Most writing by the Incas and Mayans of Central and South American was stolen and burned by the invaders from Spain. The invaders were not smart enough, however, to destroy art work that told of history and gods of the time. Inscriptions and art have survived and the story of those societies lives on. The more excavation of ancient artifacts the more knowledge about these societies. The Christians brought three gods, God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The Mayans already had three gods and thought they were just fine. The gun and diseases eventually put the three favorites of the Mayans on the shelf waiting to come back. In the meantime, the three interlopers of the Catholics and Protestants filled in as substitutes. These countries formerly were majority Catholic. Now some are majority Protestant. One has to assume societies will continue to change as will the religious beliefs that fit the changed societies.

Today we have hurricanes. The ancient Mayas had a god name Huracan. Huracan was a jealous who took vengeance against those who angered him. Sometimes he over-stepped and killed too many. Perhaps the god who killed millions in Noah's flood was the descendant of Huracan.

There were three gods of lightning. Each produced a different kind. Each of them, however, was powerful and could destroy the entire world and all its people. It was better to stay on the good side of those guys. 

Food, humans, weather and the gods were all changing all the time in the Mayan world. It is the same in Christianity today, the only difference being who is in charge of explaining all of this. In Christianity today it is almost exclusively those in the male world of clergy. If one is in the faith it is important to listen to these men. If one is outside, a mere eye roll will suffice.

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