in a simple form please,when anwsering this question!.
2006-12-17 00:54:57 · 7 answers · asked by Talal 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Zeus and the other gods of ancient Greece were the people's way of explaining what went on around them. They didn't have the scientific answers we have now, so they needed some way to explain why it thundered, what happened to the light when it became dark, where we went when we died, what was fire, etc. The gods interventions in these natural phenonmena were the people's way of answering such questions.
2006-12-17 01:31:05 · answer #1 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be kinda hard for ancient greeks to worship zeus in the present tense.
2006-12-17 08:56:56 · answer #2 · answered by enslavementality 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ancient Greeks were "very religious" (superstitious). Their mythology was very complex. In fact, in first century Athens, there was a statue to the "unknown god." This was just in case they had overlooked one.
2006-12-17 09:02:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because all human beings have an inner urge to identify with God and so each nation or peoples tried to worship God as their limited knowledge would allow and so each gave God a name.
2006-12-17 08:59:28 · answer #4 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they had not heard of the one true God- the God of the one true Church - the Catholic Church.
2006-12-17 09:13:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He was their God! So simple!
2006-12-17 08:58:23 · answer #6 · answered by Roubini 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it was their religion!
2006-12-17 09:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋