Oxford's English Dictionary defines god as “1. A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient ruler and originator of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheist religions. 2. A being of supernatural powers, believed in and worshipped by a people.” The first definition reflects Modern America’s connotation of the word god. The latter recalls the Ancient Greco-Sumerian ideal of a being greater than man. While both definitions are equally valid in literature, …showed first 75 words of 1400 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1400 total…sense of the divine being. They recognized the power of the gods, but they were also aware of their limits. The realized that the gods were not all-powerful. Today that is a given with Christianity. Humans challenged the ancient gods, while the contemporary Christian god is infinitely great. All in all, the gods of Greco-Sumerian antiquity were powerful, but in comparison to the modern Christian god, they were only a step above the ant-like humans.