Is something holy because the gods love it, or do the gods love it because it is holy? The first thing to do is explain the question. Then, we will look into the options involved with this question. Next, we must explain the implications of these options.
             What is this question asking? The first half of the question is saying that something is loved by the gods and the gods loving it makes it holy. So, godly love of something makes that something holy. The second half of the question is saying that something is holy and the gods love that something because it is holy. So, something that is already holy make gods love that something. Let us look more thoroughly into each of the two options involved with this question.
             We will examine the first option, something is holy because the gods love it, and explain the implications involved. So, if this option implies that godly love causes holiness then what happens? We can assume that the gods love things that bring pleasure to them. Godly love could be defined by moral righteousness, what is dear to the god's, or honoring the gods through prayer and sacrifice. So, essentially mankind would try to mimic what the gods love in order to stay in good faith with them. Since there are multiple gods, some things that mankind would do for the gods would be loved by some gods and not loved by other gods. This could possibly start a war between the gods who would disagree about the issue. It is possible some of the gods that did not like what the person did for them would do something bad to that person. These things the gods would inflict on the person could range from minor to major things. So, would people be able to trust the gods? We would have to hope they would look out for our best interest. People knew the gods would fight. So, mankind would know that certain things needed to be done to make the warring gods stop fighting. People would pray and offer sacrifices to ho...