If you're honestly curious about this, google for "proto indo-european religion". The sky god aka Zeus aka Jupiter aka Yahweh aka Jehovah aka Allah aka God and many others originally had a consort who was later edited out by patriarchs to diminish female roles in society. The sky god's consort was named Asherah and other variations.
I spent years trying to figure out why other people seemed to get something out of religion and prayer and so on and I got nothing but a sore back from kneeling.
Eventually I realized that it's because most of them are stupid and afraid of death and they invented a fairy tale to make themselves feel better. Some of the others don't believe any of the bullshit at all and just treat it all as a big social gathering.
Regardless, it's all bullshit. We're here because we're here, the meaning of life is to be happy, and when you are dead you will cease to exist.
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