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Chapter 4
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What parallel does Paine draw between the pagan myth of the Giants' war against Jupiter and the Christian story of Satan?
A
He finds them completely unrelated
B
He argues the Christian mythologists borrowed the structure of the older myth — the Giants defeated and confined under Mount Etna became Satan defeated and confined in a pit
C
He claims the pagan myth was actually written after the Christian one
D
He argues both stories are historically accurate accounts of real events
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