What if the Greek Gods Never Died Out?
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Date: 2022-07-15
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santiago
about slavary and Greek gods I not agree with you, first of all the reasons that Christianity became popular is because ofeer the abolished of slavery; so if Julian like to compete whit Christianity, he will need to prohibited slavary to make less appealing for no aristocrats became a Christian. so slavary would not allowed in bizantine empire. about famales you also are wrong, if Julian is a Neoplatonic, so he give more rights to women in the new reform religion because of platon opinion about woman in republic that basically say that woman can do everything that mens do but in a more weake form.
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about slavary and Greek gods I not agree with you, first of all the reasons that Christianity became popular is because ofeer the abolished of slavery; so if Julian like to compete whit Christianity, he will need to prohibited slavary to make less appealing for no aristocrats became a Christian. so slavary would not allowed in bizantine empire. about famales you also are wrong, if Julian is a Neoplatonic, so he give more rights to women in the new reform religion because of platon opinion about woman in republic that basically say that woman can do everything that mens do but in a more weake form.
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Seekarr
I don't think it'd have occurred. When you consider the Greek revival of Platonism, Christianity was far more consistent with that (Logos Incarnate son of an unknowable but unchangeable father. The evidence is in the fact that the old pagan gods can be seen for what they are based on the fact that they were labelled as Paganism which had a connotation similar to bumpkinism. Christianity in the late Roman Empire is similar to the position of our current day secularism - it was the religion of the intellectual class; today, while religions of today are largely in the slot of the old paganism.
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I don't think it'd have occurred. When you consider the Greek revival of Platonism, Christianity was far more consistent with that (Logos Incarnate son of an unknowable but unchangeable father. The evidence is in the fact that the old pagan gods can be seen for what they are based on the fact that they were labelled as Paganism which had a connotation similar to bumpkinism. Christianity in the late Roman Empire is similar to the position of our current day secularism - it was the religion of the intellectual class; today, while religions of today are largely in the slot of the old paganism.
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Kevin
12: 40 Platos quote, due to the presence of the word not, (by nature) seems to indicate that at least he thought of slaves as not being slaves by nature, only considering it in some cases to be right. And the fact he argues in this paragraph that the master ought to take care of his slave also supports this. Now i have not read the context, could easily be that he supports slavery elsewhere, but the result of his garden path sentence seems to be more moderate.
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12: 40 Platos quote, due to the presence of the word not, (by nature) seems to indicate that at least he thought of slaves as not being slaves by nature, only considering it in some cases to be right. And the fact he argues in this paragraph that the master ought to take care of his slave also supports this. Now i have not read the context, could easily be that he supports slavery elsewhere, but the result of his garden path sentence seems to be more moderate.
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Jeremy
I love greek history and mythology. its my favorite historical topic! The Romans came along. and their gods were basically the same. just gave em different names. zeus became jupiter. poseidon became neptune. ares became mars. hermes became mercury. hera became juno. i think venus and athena were the same. and i cannot remember the roman name for apollo the sun god. or artemis the goddess of the hunt. or the blacksmith god heaphestus. or however ya spell it.
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I love greek history and mythology. its my favorite historical topic! The Romans came along. and their gods were basically the same. just gave em different names. zeus became jupiter. poseidon became neptune. ares became mars. hermes became mercury. hera became juno. i think venus and athena were the same. and i cannot remember the roman name for apollo the sun god. or artemis the goddess of the hunt. or the blacksmith god heaphestus. or however ya spell it.
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mariolis1000
0: 10 Here in Greece we have Artemis Sorras
An ultranationalist & Worshipper of the Olympian Gods, he formed a political party that makes it mandatory to be a believer in the Greek Pantheon if you wanna be a member
Due to him making promises that there are trillions of euros in secret banks to solve the Greek debit Crysis, and also found guilty of Tax Fraud, his party never got more than 0, 5% in any national election
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0: 10 Here in Greece we have Artemis Sorras
An ultranationalist & Worshipper of the Olympian Gods, he formed a political party that makes it mandatory to be a believer in the Greek Pantheon if you wanna be a member
Due to him making promises that there are trillions of euros in secret banks to solve the Greek debit Crysis, and also found guilty of Tax Fraud, his party never got more than 0, 5% in any national election
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Judith
The Roman religious system by annexing so many deities from everywhere had grown incoherent and therefore could enjoy no credibility. Hinduism survived because it had a structure, a trinity, a theogony. The roman religion had grown incoherent and contrary to Hinduism it had no yoga, no definite vision of wisdom or salvation. Greek philosophy was in opposition to the popular religion. Not so in hinduism.
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The Roman religious system by annexing so many deities from everywhere had grown incoherent and therefore could enjoy no credibility. Hinduism survived because it had a structure, a trinity, a theogony. The roman religion had grown incoherent and contrary to Hinduism it had no yoga, no definite vision of wisdom or salvation. Greek philosophy was in opposition to the popular religion. Not so in hinduism.
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Wdrowny
13: 41 For all the smugness coming out of atheists about how Christianity and its dark ages set us back so far (like, we'd totally have light-speed travel and space colonies now if it weren't for those Christians) Christianity being dominant (not necessarily anything in Christianity itself) causes rather than stunts scientific and intellectual development.
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13: 41 For all the smugness coming out of atheists about how Christianity and its dark ages set us back so far (like, we'd totally have light-speed travel and space colonies now if it weren't for those Christians) Christianity being dominant (not necessarily anything in Christianity itself) causes rather than stunts scientific and intellectual development.
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Dominus
Bold of you to assume that the west wouldn't become as powerful and influential when Christianity was a significant part of what caused the fall of Rome. Not to mention Christianity's pacifist and anti-science doctrines. The west rose to its significance _despite_ Christianity, not because of it.
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Bold of you to assume that the west wouldn't become as powerful and influential when Christianity was a significant part of what caused the fall of Rome. Not to mention Christianity's pacifist and anti-science doctrines. The west rose to its significance _despite_ Christianity, not because of it.
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Edmond
Check out Christian theologian Michael Heiser here on YT.
He explains how there were so many gods throughout the world, using Old Testament scripture as evidence that challenges not only the secular academicians but his fellow Christian theologians as well.
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Check out Christian theologian Michael Heiser here on YT.
He explains how there were so many gods throughout the world, using Old Testament scripture as evidence that challenges not only the secular academicians but his fellow Christian theologians as well.
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