The myth about Mt. Olympus is a myth.
The myths surrounding Israel are just myths.
Is it not true, that Christians have walked into lands, other than Israel, and discounted the local beliefs as trash?
So now, in 2021, Iceland is now Asatru. Scandinavia is returning to the Norse religiion. Greece has a resurgence of Hellenismos. There are portions of Eastern Europe returning to the Byzantine Christianity.
Now, as far as my homeland goes, in a 20 year period from Plymouth Rock, and still just a bunch of British fundamentalists, they hung a young girl in their mania about “witchcraft”.
Now, in 2021, Wicca was recognized in the 1976 U.S.Army Chaplains Manual. Spiritualism has been on a slow upswing from the early 1900’s publication of Madame Blavatsky’s thoughts on Theosophy. Then in the 1950’s, Alaister Crowley’s works became well known, followed by Gerald Gardner’s works. Lastly, polls taken in the last 5 years have shown a turning towards spiritualism on thre increase.
So, in the land that has been established and advertised as the land of religious freedom, that freedom has taken off, with a bunch of folks standing there, jack-jawed, muttering: “ We, we didn’t mean THAT!”
Religious freedom for all, or for none?