Why don't the gods give Kratos amnesia?

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Kasz216 said:

Khuutra said:

richardhutnik said:

Apparently Kratos is angry because he is haunted by the memories of what he did.  So, why didn't the gods make Kratos just forget?  You know, have Zeus zap him with an eletric bolt in the head and perform a lobotomy, or something like that.

Isn't there a god of Memories in the world of Kratos who could lose his file or something?  Considering what is coming down, maybe they should of thought of it.

Listen, I'm not being a jerk here:

The Greek gods are jack-asses. They didn't do that because they are jack-asses.

Well... in this game they're jerk asses... the represenatations of the Greek gods aren't exactly spot on here... they're more like the depictions of the gods on Hercules: The Legendary Journies.

The Greek gods had their "jerk" moments in real life... but not nearly as much.

Also the more obvious point is "He couldn't kill them then could he."  Which would ruin the game.

Actually, they were for the most part a bunch of jackasses in the actual myths too. Except maybe Hestia, though I'm not too sure about that either: the few people who managed to anger her suffered some of the nastiest fates in the entire body of Greek mythology.

This actually holds true for quite a lot of faiths: most god-figures don't seem to act very often in ways that people would generally consider "good". Most faiths which include genuinely-likeable central figures don't speak of them as gods. The Buddha, for example, was quite the decent fellow, but was very insistent that people not worship him. According to some readings of the New Testament, Jesus did much the same. The concept of an omnibenevolent God used by some Christians is almost unique to that faith: a point that many Christian apologists emphasize.