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[–]inshushinak 5 points6 points ago

That number is way, way, way, way low. Probably by a couple orders of magnitude. The Hittites alone had at least a thousand documented deities of various forms. Add in all the local deities of the classical period and you're well over this number without even trying.

[–]Philile 0 points1 point ago

This quote, and its iterations, are becoming more and more trite.

[–]MKv3rz -1 points0 points ago

One of the most re-posted quotes I've seen lately.

[–]Broskilla30[S] -2 points-1 points ago

When you say recent, how recent are you talking about?

[–]MKv3rz 0 points1 point ago

Ricky posted the pic on on twitter 4 days ago, since then i have seen it here multiple times.

Edit: Here you have 3 of them 1 2 3

[–]Broskilla30[S] 0 points1 point ago

damn really. I actually hadn't seen it, I thought I wasn't reposting.

[–]AFKeeker 0 points1 point ago

I would recommend using Tineye.com.