are the worst things to happen to humanity, all from one shepard who chose the sky god from his local pantheon to be his only god has resulted in so much hatred and violence... what do you think.. what if we all followed the Greek pantheon, would that change anything? The Hellenes didnt fight over religion...
2006-08-03 08:34:08 · 13 answers · asked by NNY 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
gethsemene rose, the illiad was a war over a woman
2006-08-03 08:45:35 · update #1
Religions and I mean all religions are the worst thing to happen to humanity! Had there been no religion, life would have been much more simpler but again the human brain would have found out something so that conflicts continue...
2006-08-03 08:39:04 · answer #1 · answered by Camellias 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First I'll ask what makes you think that the Hellenic influence isn't still around today with as much influence as Abrahamic religions.The concepts of democracy, intellectuality, stoicism and nihilism can be traced directly to them and are thriving all over the globe today. So wonder if what you say is accurate.
Also, you refer specifically to war among themselves. No, they didn't fight over their gods, but their emphasis on intellectualism made their gods almost moot. And don't forget that the Hellenes fought over everything else. They couldn't even get along among their own city-states until Alexander united them.
Even then, Al the Great was just another despotic warlord who conquered much of Europe, Africa and Asia like the Huns, Mongols, Egyptians, Visigoths, Romans, Napoleon, Hitler, etc. In my opinion he is given far too much credit for the development of the work under Hellenic standards. Given the commercial activity and the travel that was established during Alexander's time among people in the Middle East, Hellenic expansion was inevitable even without the barbaric acts of war perpetrated by Alexander. In that respect I find him no different than any other despot, and I believe that Judaism and Christianity are morally superior as well as equally important for the establishment and maintenance of judiciary and parliamentary standards.
2006-08-03 15:49:45 · answer #2 · answered by byhisgrace70295 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the Hellenes did fight over religious issues.
601-591 BC: the First Sacred War: the Amphictyony declared war on the Phocians of Crisa, a neighboring town levying heavy taxes on visitors to the Delphic sanctuary. The Amphictyony defeated the Crisaians and dedicated their territory to the Delphic deities.
447 BC: the Second Sacred War: the Amphictyony successfully fought the Phocians to restore the independence of Delphi, which had been taken over by the Phocians.
2006-08-03 15:42:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they fought over other things. In other words, people simply fight and hate and do stupid things because they're human. If they have a faith which they take seriously, they are certainly likely to to take their stand there, just as the might for love, national pride, home, their possessions, whatever. I'm sick and tired of people blaming faith for a violent trend which people have simply because they have human passion about something--albeit a highly misguided passion if it results in hatred.
Atheists have this passion and hatred too--they just fight their wars on the internet these days.
Eastern religions, true, tend to be more peaceful, but I don't worship peace. I am passionate about truth--a truth that says that God loves and that God is love. And I'd defend it--I wish, though, we wouldn't "hate" over it. (Sorry--I don't really like to get all platitude-preachy in here, but it helps me answer you.)
2006-08-03 15:48:23 · answer #4 · answered by SpisterMooner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hellenes didn't fight over religion??? ROFL have you never read the Iliad or the Odysey. All religions Fight each other. The Bible says War will always be with us UNTILL there is only ONE religion and that will be on the day that Christ returns.
2006-08-03 15:38:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The different groups that chose to woship specific gods in the Greek pantheon often fought with one another in the name of their god.
2006-08-03 15:37:34 · answer #6 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Greeks made their gods in their own image, and therefore they had bad traits as well as good.
They didn't have to fight over religion, because the gods were always fighting among themselves.
Sort of a celestial soap opera...
2006-08-03 15:39:46 · answer #7 · answered by freelancenut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but they fought over just about everything else (cf. Iliad, Odyssey, Herodotus, Thucydides). If it's not one thing, it's another. It's a trait of fallen human nature; we are combative. Also note the non-Abrahamic barbarians who sacked the Roman empire.
2006-08-03 16:00:03 · answer #8 · answered by mle_trogdor2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a hanif-muslim and what we do is believe in allah, the prophet muhamaad(pbuh), the quran, and the traditional beliefs of Abraham(pbuh).Now this may be arogant to most, but when he was alive he told his wife that he and his wife sarah were the only believers on earth.Now here is the funny thing about that statement.What if he was correct.This was about 2000-1900BCSALAM
2006-08-03 15:47:47 · answer #9 · answered by Mitchell B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, considering Hindus have engaged in just as much religiously fueled violence. And they supposed to be extremely peaceful right?
2006-08-03 15:38:38 · answer #10 · answered by WhiteHat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋