Biblical Polytheism

There are some pagan gods who did have sex with mortals, mostly though in the Greek mythos. Roman possibly also, but outside that I don't think there are many myths of a god 'having sex' with a mortal. Usually it's by really unusual means, or it's between a god and a goddess. Oh, and a small percentage (if any) of pagan gods are NOT half immortal. Don't confuse gods with demi-gods.

But back on topic yeah, the bible doesn't support the 'God had sex with a mortal woman' arguement. That is pretty clearly explained.

I've read through this thread (which is fascinating, by the way), and I noticed nobody mentioned anything about the Nephilim.

Gen. 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

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Num. 13:33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."

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From what I understand of this, the Nephilim were the offspring of god-like beings and mortal women. They were big and scary. This sounds to me like Greek mythology.

Nephilim are a kind of angel, possibly a fallen angel. There's also Cherubim (cherubs) and probably some others I forgot. Now there's a subtle distinction between an angel and a god, and I don't quite know what it is, but probably the idea here is that no one actually worshiped the Nephilim and they are either subservient or servants in revolt.

Angels in the Bible are described as terrifyingly awesome creatures. Just about anyone who encountered an angel fell on their face trembling. And they were just the messengers. Who's to say they weren't mistaken for gods?
These 'Sons of God' were walking around on earth and fathering children. Big, strong, herculean children. "Men of renown", they were called. I just thought the parallels to Greek (and other) mythology are interesting. It would imply that Zeus could have been a fallen angel (according to legend, I think he rebelled against his father or something).

Just throwing it out there for discussion.