How do you think the greeks would have reacted?

Question

Let's say that you told the ancient Greeks that, in a few thousand years, practically nobody would take the idea of the Olympus gods seriously.

Say you told them that people would not prey, worship or make sacrifices to Zeus anymore; that they are no temples to Apollo. That people can make as much fun of Neptune as they want in cartoons and films and that everyone would have a good laugh.

Say you tell them that, in the future, you can openly say in public that the very idea of a bunch of gods controlling our collective destiny from the top of a mountain in Greece is simply absurd and nobody will argue with you.

Do you think they would have taken it reasonably or do you think they would have "gone off on one"?

(You see where this is going don't you?)

Answer 1

Listen, I'm sick of hearing about the 'Geeks'!

All I hear about is what the geeks think, do, or want to do. America is sick of these 'geeks'

Did you say 'Greeks'? Oh, sorry!

Answer 2

You would have been thought mad and probably killed. We don't have pagan records, but we can look at the Old Testament as see many references to Christ's coming. People were told it was coming, but many refused to believe.

Even after Christ's Resurrection and the Apostle Paul's travels, to openly say you did not believe in the pagan religions but rather in Christ brought you a very painful end to your life. How many were martyred under Diocletian for example?? Thousands, hundreds of thousands......and yet people continued to convert.

Martyred is not over, it continues today.

So are you saying, the next movement will be the unbelievers will be the next persecuted group by the believers? Einstein would say "this is a case of relativity." When one group insists on physically/psychologically/legally imposing their belief on another, then persecutions occur. History and modern world are ripe with examples.

Answer 3

Paul got his big chance to pitch Christianity when he found himself at the Areopagus in Athens. And he did pretty well up to near the end...

"When the people of the court heard that a person had come back to life, some began joking about it, while others said, 'We'll hear you talk about this some other time.' " - Acts 17:32

Rough crowd, those Greeks.

Answer 4

Very well put!

But if you ever use Neptune's name in vain again you will be cursed for eternity!

Answer 5

They would've gone to war with the Jews.

Answer 6

I think I would be considered a insane by there standerds and would ignore me.