When I say timeless I think of it as a figure of speech. It isn't eternal, but for the time it seems like it. Kind of like young people feel like they will live forever but their time will come.
That is a strange stance to take on religion. When people ask me (or don't ask) about my religion I tell them, anyone, that there is only one God. If you believe that people that create fantastic work that has lasted and will last than there are many more "gods." In this view, Homer, Herodotus, and even Dorsey could be considered gods. Their is a flaw in this belief that any man can be gods.