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Greek and Romam gods.

These gods were written about as myths and legends. How do they differ from the singular God that is worshipped today?

Silly question I know, but I love Greek mythology

tiggerblue10 Mon 28/07/08 16:20

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tiggerblue10
Mon 28/07/08
16:21

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"Roman"! Lol

Steve.5
Mon 28/07/08
17:10

How do they differ from the god of today? they dont

Lil O'lady
Mon 28/07/08
17:42

Possibly the main broad difference between those days and now is that we have been only exposed to monotheistic religions for quite some time - Christianity, Judaeism and Islam. The Romano-Greek outlook was more akin to present-day Japanese Shinto in that spiritual entities could exist in a multiplicity of forms and could represent simple and complex concepts at the same time.

Exploring this question fully would be a fantastic dissertation - but a very long post........

jno
Mon 28/07/08
21:40

you have to imagine gods seen as being behind everything people didn't understand - the wind, the sea, love... As well as the big gods there were ancient spirits of the forest and fields, plus household spirits a bit like the oriental ancestral spirits. They really didn't go for the one-big-creator idea which has been prevalent in much of the world for the past thousand years and more.

123everton
Mon 28/07/08
22:45

I'm with Steve they don't really well at least in theory but not in practice.

brionon
Tue 29/07/08
12:58

The more Gods and Goddesses the less hatred for other religions.

Beswad
Tue 29/07/08
15:14

Religion causes confusion amongst men that is why there are so much conflicts around the world.

'My God can whoop your God' thus the argument goes on and on.

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