Playing God is the act of trying to control life as if it were a game. It’s an idea that has been around for centuries, and one that many people are guilty of engaging in on some level. If you have ever tried to make someone fall in love with you or change their mind about something they feel strongly about, then chances are you’ve played god at some point in your life. This article will explore what happens when we try to play God, and the consequences of this behavior.
In order to understand how playing god affects those who engage in this kind of behavior, first, we must look back into history – specifically all the way back to Greek mythology (which seems appropriate). Zeus was often depicted wielding lightning bolts as he punished mortals for their misdeeds, violating the laws of nature and bringing chaos to otherwise tranquil worlds. In this way, Zeus was often seen as a representation of what happens when we try to play god – inevitable destruction that will follow if you think your know better than anyone else about how things should be done.
The idea of playing God has been around since ancient Greece and there are consequences in doing so: whether it be divine punishment or death, playing God has always come with a price.
The gods are in fact fallible and imperfect beings who routinely commit crimes against humanity just as humans do; the difference is that they hold all of the power to cover up their mistakes. Zeus was no exception: he often ruled through fear and threatened mortals by sending plagues or turning them into animals if they disobeyed him. But this tactic eventually backfired when Gaia gave birth to another son – Dionysus – whom she worshiped instead of her tyrannical king because she believed his benevolence would bring peace rather than turmoil to mankind. When it became clear that Dionysus’s followers were growing exponentially, even though Zeus had killed many of them himself and persecuted them everywhere, he resorted to a new strategy.
He granted Dionysus his own kingdom in India and then sent the Titans to dispose of him. But this time Zeus’s plan backfired: instead of killing him off, they ended up bringing him back as a living god with even more worshippers than before.
Greece is one example where both humans and gods ruled over mortals who often committed crimes against humanity just as humans do; but because these creatures held all the power to cover their mistakes – human beings had no choice but to obey them or be punished for it (if not killed).
One such figure was Zeus himself who routinely threatened mortal men by sending plagues at times if they disobeyed him – yet when Gaia gave birth to another son named Dionysus, he was not only able to escape these punishments but also use them as a way of spreading his own power.
This is because Zeus had become so caught up with this new son that he would refuse to leave the boy alone, often seen carrying him back and forth in one arm – although Dionysus’s mother Gaia did not approve of this manhandling her son at all and she plotted against Zeus by sending two Titans named Rhea and Cronos after him.
Some sources state that she wanted revenge for when they were imprisoned by their father Uranus; others say it was because she hated how powerful Zeus now seemed compared to before when Olympus first began with its foundation.
Whoever sent them, both Titan god Rhea and giant Cronus managed to keep their plans for Dionysus’s death a secret, approaching him while he was out playing one day.
They then pulled up some nearby trees – roots and all – just as if they were ordinary weeds, overpowered the young god of wine with this large bundle in his arms, carried him back home on Greece’s Mount Ida where Zeus lived with them both inside Hera’s house.
Once there, Rhea gave her son an emetic which made him throw up everything that had been consumed before (and maybe even afterward), thus getting rid of any foreign substances left behind in his stomach or other areas because it would be bad for his health when growing into adulthood.”
