{"id":5147,"date":"2013-01-29T12:36:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T19:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5147"},"modified":"2013-01-29T12:36:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T19:36:27","slug":"on-bringing-back-the-olympian-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5147","title":{"rendered":"On Bringing back the Olympian Gods"},"content":{"rendered":"

This <\/a>went around a couple of weeks ago, but\u00a0 I <\/em>never blogged it. Now I have.<\/p>\n

Here’s a short list of things we could do if we brought back the Greek gods:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Go to oracles.
\n\u2022 Go on quests.
\n\u2022 Fight monsters.
\n\u2022 Challenge gods to contests.
\n\u2022 Go to Hades and try to rescue dead loved ones.
\n\u2022 Dip babies in magic rivers, making them invulnerable.<\/p>\n

Now, not all of those are good ideas \u2014 most of them are insanely dangerous \u2014 but man, they’re still a hell of a lot more exciting than sitting in church for an hour every Sunday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This went around a couple of weeks ago, but\u00a0 I never blogged it. Now I have. Here’s a short list of things we could do if we brought back the Greek gods: \u2022 Go to oracles. \u2022 Go on quests. \u2022 Fight monsters. \u2022 Challenge gods to contests. \u2022 Go to Hades and try to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[200,40],"class_list":["post-5147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-humor","tag-polytheism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1l1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13427,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13427","url_meta":{"origin":5147,"position":0},"title":"Ronald Hutton’s Gresham Lectures Available Online","author":"Chas S. 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