Heracles might have been a better example than Zeus. I don’t know if ancient Greek scholarship has anything to say on the matter, but it seems quite possible that the myths of Heracles could originate from a historical figure. Likewise Romulus, Jason, and all the other mortals of Graeco-Roman mythology. These have some reasonable chance of existing. Zeus does not.
Notice that in the above argument you’re implicitly conditioning on gods not existing. We’re trying to determine how the existence of myths about Zeus affects our estimate that Zeus exists. You’re basically saying “I assign probability 0 to Zeus existing, so the myths don’t alter it”.
Notice that in the above argument you’re implicitly conditioning on gods not existing. We’re trying to determine how the existence of myths about Zeus affects our estimate that Zeus exists. You’re basically saying “I assign probability 0 to Zeus existing, so the myths don’t alter it”.