The Greek gods and goddesses are very similar to humans and are very different from the Christian God. These different traits are found in all the gods with their emotions. Some apparent emotions seen in gods and goddesses are lust, jealousy, vanity, disloyalty, and their ability to feel pain. Lust is a human emotion that is not felt, and even frowned upon, by the Christian God. Yet Zeus has difficulty controlling this specific emotion. Zeus was married to Hera, but he still had affairs with other women, not excluding mortal women. The names of some of these women are Europa, Io, Alkamine and Semele. When he fell in love with Europa, he was transformed into a bull and took her across the sea. Io was transformed into a cow because of their love. Alkamine was the mother of Zeus's child Hercules, and Semele was the mother of Zeus's child Dionysus. The fact that Zeus participated in an emotion considered morally wrong is definitely similar to that of the Christian God, who in his "perfection" would never even feel such an emotion. In part, lust is about the next human. emotion, jealousy. Zeus's wife, Hera, was very jealous of Zeus' other lovers. She was so jealous of Io that, after discovering Io's affair with Zeus, she turned Io into a cow. Hera even punished the forest nymph, Echo, even though Zeus had no affair with her at all. She only suspected Zeus of having an affair with one of the forest nymphs and was distracted from her search by Echo's chatter. Hera became angry and condemned her to never have the power to speak first. You always have to talk to him before you can talk. Hera's unjust punishment of women out of jealousy is humane compared to the Christian God because, according to the teachings, He is just and for...... middle of paper ...... hurt her so much emotionally that she took away all the warmth and happiness from nature, thus bringing winter. The Christian God does not feel pain. Humans feel pain. These are just two of the many ways the gods felt pain. From what we can see, the Greek gods and goddesses are very similar to humans and are ungodly in many ways. Among the few things that separated them from humans was their immortality and supernatural powers. Otherwise, their many emotions connect them a lot to humans. Among these emotions are lust (Zeus), jealousy (Hera and Aphrodite), vanity (Narcissus and Aphrodite), disloyalty (Zeus and Prometheus), and their ability to feel pain (Prometheus and Demeter). Ironically, Zeus exhibits the majority of these human traits. He, the main god, seems to be the least divine of all. This is how Greek gods and goddesses differ from the Christian God.