God Graveyard has spread nationwide with the help of the Secular Student Alliance. AHA has erected the original “God Graveyard” once again – and it will be up for display for longer than usual, so make sure you take a look before we take it down!
GOD GRAVEYARD
Here lie the graves of thousands of past gods.
Once worshiped by entire civilizations,
now forgotten by most.
How much longer will the gods of today last?
now forgotten by most.
How much longer will the gods of today last?
'gods' are such fragile things, they are destroyed by common sense, a rational thought, even the passage of time is fatal to 'gods'.
Every single one.
I hate to burst this schools bubble but even out of the couple gods I could see on their gravestones aren't dead and gone. They are still worshiped by pagans. I myself am one of these pagans that worship the old gods
As a Pagan, thanks for saying "by most" in your statement. I actually appreciate what you're trying to achieve.
And as a former Pagan, the type of worship going on to Demeter or Artemis is simply not on the same level as the worship of the past. Modern Pagans do not worry about Zeus coming down and snatching up their young daughter for a tryst in the meadow.
Ancient Greeks did. Or, rather, some of them did.
I am a god
They did say "by most".
Me too! Now get me a virgin coffee cup!
Ah, the litter of the gods. Naturalist John Muir might even be amused, while studying his God of Beauty in the grass, trees and wildlife running over the graves!
We put a lot of thought into the wording of those signs, that's why it says "by most" and "entire civilizations"
R.I.P. soon.
I love this, yet am mildly offended by the inclusion of Ogun, he's not considered a "God", he's an Orishas, I suppose "Saint" would be more accurate. He's hardly dead, he's alive and well in my parents household, and the households of families around the world. (Not mine, I'm a humanist) but let's be accurate here…
A beautiful action
The gods of the people are just that Fictitious and equally ephemeral fantasy figures.
The death of the man, his gods die with him.
Remember the Small Gods. Here today, gone tomorrow.
I wish there were some expansion into the dates selected; why a BCE date for classical Hellenic deities?
So some want to quibble about the currency or existence or inclusive dates of imaginary beings? I guess you didn't get the point of this installation.
In fairness, the second slide is "Question Everything"….
especially funny if u dont even have heard half their names and stories…. dont be so pretentious mr/s unknown…. men come..gods come..civilisations come … civilisations go, gods go, men go too eventually
Are there more pictures? I want to see more pictures. This is awesome!
How many gods have People believed in? Does anybody know?
Also, Yoruba religion is alive and well. I believe I read that it's got about 1 million worshippers in Nigeria, not even counting the offshoots like Vodoun and Candomblé.
all of them
The gods checked into the hotel of History and left through the servant's entrance, their pockets heavy with stolen soap.
My only complaint would be that I'm not entirely sure why Zeus/Hades' "death" occurred in 200 BCE? Worship for them was definitely still active on an incredibly large scale and part of state cult for another 500 years or so (for instance, massive temple to Trajan and Zeus Philios built in Pergamon in the 2nd c. CE). So maybe for future iterations of this, just revise the dating to ca. 1000 BCE – ca 300 CE
Bascom Hill. Where Gods go to die. The university environment of evidence-based truth claims is really tough on them.
I agree, we understand the message here, so why all the nit picking?
Probably because modern folks are familiar with the modern calendar and can't be be bothered researching how to convert BCE dates to one of the many Hellenic calendar systems. But I see your point. 🙂
The gods of Greed and the Self currently have massive followings.
Just because the gods don't require worship doesn't make them dead. This is so offensive.
The Hellenism religion is also alive and well and growing all the time.
You got your damn dates wrong. The Church destroyed paganism when Constantine died and his insane sons took over. So before you insult those that haven't harmed you read a damn book.
The Druids worship the Celtic gods and so do that Heathens. Alive and well, bigots.
We pagans have been on your side for years and this is how your repay us? By mocking our gods and beliefs. Guess what, your no better than the church.