my age is showing....
yeah right, as if it werent before:
There is an episode of Star Trek, called "Who Mourns for Adonis" where Apollo explains how he, out of all the Gods of Olympus, knew that mankind would someday reach the stars and at that time Man would again have awe for the Gods as they once were, and Kirk tells Apollo, in no uncertain terms, that Mankind has OUTGROWN the old Gods and no longer need to kneel down and worship them as before....then Apollo appeals to Zeus, Aphrodite, Hera, etc and says "You were right, they dont need us, please take me with you (the Olympian Gods had spread themselves thin upon the wind....)
and you see Apollo becoming less substantial as the other Gods forgive him for his faith in fickle mankind, and at the end, Kirk wonders what would it have hurt for mankind to bestow a few laurel leaves on the brows of the Gods......
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