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Myth-ology and Religion

In the old days of what we now refer to as Greek or Roman(ect) mythology they believed as we do about GOd in Chistianity or similarily.


  • bit off topic but....

    Who's saying that you shouldn't question Christianity?

    The Lord doesn't want us to have blind faith but informed faith. Plain fact is that a solid truth will remain solid no matter what questions you put to it. Heck, if not for questioning and study I wouldn't have become Christian myself.

    Yes faith is a matter of trust, but you can also test faith.

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  • Why Are Their Beliefs Classified As Myths?

    As stated the Greeks and Romans believes in many gods and goddesses. They had their own stories and proof of their beliefs. In todays world the Christian God walked on water,parted a sea,arose from the dead, cured uncurable things and made a man from dirt and a woman from his rib. So I am not bashing Christianity that is the religion I was brought up as, but as of now I am learning before I decide what I believe. I am simply wondering, why are what they say myths but Christianity is completely true? They say we should not question it, but is this because no one has an answer?

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  • Just a note on ancient beliefs
    I just thought that I should put in my two cents as a student of Classics. You are correct that all those things that we now call "myths" were believed in by a large number of people in the ancient world. However, it's also hard for someone like you or me who was raised as a Christian to understand a polytheistic mindset. There is a good chance that most people did not believe in ALL the gods simply because there were too many. A follower of Cybelle would quite possibly believe in her and doubt the existence of Mithras Sol Invictus (Both gods just mentioned were the gods of major mystery religions in the ancient world.), but would he also doubt the existence of Iuppiter? I doubt it, but it's possible.

    Similarly, their literature contained, if not exclusively religious content, the gods, more often than not. Even writers like the poet Catullus, who was more than likely an atheist, addressed the gods in their work. Others, like Vergil, wrote stories and poems about mythological characters which were not seen as religious dogma. A historian by the name of Dionysus of Halicarnassus wrote a history about Aeneas, just as Vergil did (and years before he did), but Vergil's Aeneid was better loved by the people because it is, frankly, better written. Thus, it became at the time (and still is) the accepted form of the story.

    Many other myths have more than one form, written down by different people, and, as these are all we have to go by, we must assume that the religion of the ancient world was much more varied than Christianity is. Thus, the parallels exist between the stories of the two different beliefs systems, but there are also huge differences. Paganism was simply not as monolithic as modern relgions, and belief in mythology likely varied by family and even individual.
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