2006-09-03 09:23:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the Greek mythology gave to the gods human form in order to make them understandable to the simple peoples.
we have two kind of people. thus who take the mythical gods as real faith and the philosopher who was searching the deeper meaning in the symbolism of myth.
the Christ at the other hand use some stories "like the good Samaritan" to teach to the peoples his teachings.
so i don't think there is any chaotic difference in the philosophical view.
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2006-09-04 06:24:49 · answer #1 · answered by Prosopeio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Greek gods had a birth and had physical relationships with mortals. The Judeo-Christian God is has personal relationship with each person, whoever this is a spiritual relationship. The Greek gods also offered no salvation for man.
2006-09-03 16:26:38 · answer #2 · answered by mamaloo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Greek gods are in reality; Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, Nimrod, Samestra, and Tammuz. The Judao-Christian God is Jehovah, The Only Living God!
2006-09-03 16:30:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the fragments of Berosus and find that Greek gods were deified kings, some of which are listed in the Bible. ie Mizraim, Lehabim, Nimrod/Amraphel, Kronus/Ham, Ouranos/Noah, etc.
As for Greek gods, they tend to possess human traits because they were human.
God isn't human and so doesn't possess human traits. Other names for Him could have been Alfadur and Ea. Originally, Alfadur and Oden were not synonymous. Interestingly, Oden's transliterated name is in various European king lineages going back through the line of Japheth.
Moving toward other religions or regions...
Mizraim, Jupiter, Zeus, and Osiris are synonymous and traced to one king who lived and was deified. The list goes on for quite a bit. I'll end with Nimrod, Amraphel, Nmrd, Mrd, Mrdk, Marduk, Ra, Hammurabi, and Gilgamesh were synonymous and a king in Mesopotamia. He is possibly one of the first emperors.
2006-09-03 16:37:47 · answer #4 · answered by DexterLoxley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Greek/Roman gods are far more human. They make mistakes, get angry, become sad, take lovers and bicker.
The Judeo-Christian God exemplifies the best traits of humanity but remains above baser behaviors.
2006-09-03 16:26:36 · answer #5 · answered by Adrian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Greco-Roman gods, especially in their Romanized form, were very very human--they fought, they screwed up, they had limited range; the Judeo-Christian God is said to be omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent, meaning none of these things would apply.
2006-09-03 16:26:31 · answer #6 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess the major difference is that the J-C god is "perfect" and "tolerant" though the Greek gods are known for their prejudices and mood-swings.
2006-09-03 16:25:49 · answer #7 · answered by Azhdeha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to be real in order to behave. Greek gods are not real.
2006-09-03 16:26:03 · answer #8 · answered by CarrieJean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The greek gods are a myth, mine is real..
2006-09-03 16:25:36 · answer #9 · answered by chuckufarley2a 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are in fact lots of parallels between the two. zeus was originally called zeus pater = jupiter = sky father. "our father who art in heaven". seems like there was an early religion that had a sky father, earth mother premise, and there are echoes of this in most of the cults today.
2006-09-03 16:32:16 · answer #10 · answered by prometheus_unbound 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋