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Makes as much sense as Creationism (x-post from r/WTF) (imgur.com)

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[–]The_Soul_King_Pirate 17 points18 points ago

Well this isn't even accurate according to legend.

[–]klabob 16 points17 points ago

Yeah, it's Pasiphaë who got a cow disguise made to get fuck by a godly bull and got pregnant.

Mythologies are awesome when people are not killing each other over it.

[–]DragonTycoon 3 points4 points ago

I don't care how anti-religious I am; Age of Mythology is, and always will be my favorite RTS. Seriously, if all I have to do is pray to get my own Hydra, I'll go to church any day!

[–]klabob 2 points3 points ago

If praying was yielding results, I'd do that too!

[–]Demonweed 7 points8 points ago

To the doubters I ask, "how else did Pikachu get power over electricity?"

[–]swordbuddha 6 points7 points ago

Who was it that Zeus impregnated by manifesting as a "shower of gold"?

[–]Grindstone50k 5 points6 points ago

shower....

gold....

Mythology was Internet porn before the Internet was invented.

[–]STUN_Runner 4 points5 points ago

Danaë, mother of Perseus (you know, from Clash of the Titans).

[–]swordbuddha 3 points4 points ago

Ah. No wonder he was so pissed all the time.

[–]bouchard 2 points3 points ago

The oracle told him that he would be killed by his daughter's son.

...

Unwilling to provoke the wrath of the gods by killing his offspring, Acrisius cast Danaë and Perseus into the sea in a wooden chest.

Why is it that so many in Greek legends, upon hearing a prophecy that a descendant will them, do everything in their power to ensure said descendants have a reason to kill them?

[–]STUN_Runner 0 points1 point ago

I guess that's the self-fulfilling prophesy so loved by the tragedians.

[–]Methelod 0 points1 point ago

My best guess would be that it is a lesson for children, that trying to fight a prophecy doesn't work and that you must do what a prophecy dictates because no matter how interesting they are, myths were used to brainwash people at one point or another too.

[–]LittleBigKid2000 2 points3 points ago

What the buck am I reading?

[–]Rainb0wcrash99 0 points1 point ago

Ehh stuff

[–]Giggyjig 0 points1 point ago

[insert cow pun]

[–]IPickOnYou 2 points3 points ago

He sits like a Skyrim Jarl.

This must be true.

[–]D3boy510 3 points4 points ago

Pikachu is a mouse...

[–]arch4ngel 4 points5 points ago

And a Minotaur is a cow?

And a centaur is a horse?

[–]Daniel__K 7 points8 points ago

Well ... first: There was only one Minotaur. The mother was Pasiphaë, wife of Minos, who in turn was king of Crete and son of Zeus and Europa. After a quarrel of King Minos with Poseidon over a sacrificial bull, the god made Pasiphaë fall in love with said bull. She had herself built a device which enabled the bull to 'know' her, and the son was the Minotaur.

According to one version, Kentauros, son of King Ixion and a cloud that looked like the Goddess Hera (long story), was shagging the mares of Pilion and the children were the centaurs.

So the Minotaur is half-bovine and centaurs half-equine.

Zeus had nothing to do with either, though (nearly - he created the cloud that looked like his wife).

Klabob is right: Mythologies are awesome when not taken seriously.

[–]arch4ngel 1 point2 points ago

I want a DNA test as well as a fertility test. I'm sure that the centaur wouldn't be able to reproduce with a normal human nor a normal horse.

Same for the Minotaur.

[–]Daniel__K 1 point2 points ago

Minotaur is dead, killed by Theseus in the famous labyrinth. So that's kinda hard to accomplish.

I have no knowledge of centaur offspring, so they could well be infertile. Who'd have thunk ...

[–]Elrode 2 points3 points ago

Goat men are my favorite. Pan

[–]arch4ngel 0 points1 point ago

Yeah but Pan was a boss.

[–]Adamantium9001 1 point2 points ago

God + bovine = supernatural bovine-man

God + horse = supernatural horse-man

God + squirrel =/= supernatural mouse

[–]arch4ngel 2 points3 points ago

How would they even know what a mouse look like? The closest they have is a Ratata.

For fuck sake... we are talking semantic on pokemons! Why did I get into this?

[–]Adamantium9001 0 points1 point ago

How would they even know what a mouse look like? The closest they have is a Ratata.

If you're questioning the validity of the claim that Pikachu is a mouse, the in-game pokedex says so. If that's not what you're saying, forgive me for not being able to figure it out.

[–]finnyboy665 0 points1 point ago

funny though

[–]knighmare 0 points1 point ago

Minotaurs came about when the wife of king minos fucked a bull. Centaurs are when posiden fucked his sister while both were pretending to be horses.

[–]meat_wagon_man1 1 point2 points ago

Except pikachu's a mouse.

[–]LamborghiniAngels -2 points-1 points ago

Yeah creationism is so dumb, I mean why don't they realize that a random explosion out of nowhere makes so much more sense as to why we are here, such idiots.

[–]HEAVYMETAL6661234 1 point2 points ago

annoyed pokemon fan here, pikachu is a mouse

[–]CbrWombat 0 points1 point ago

This is bullcrap - adhesive duck tape wasn't invented till the 1940s.

[–]tanngnjostr 0 points1 point ago

Now if he fucks a mud pie...

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