Which Came First: Christianity or Greek Mythology?

Question

yah. which came rfirst?

Ahh okay but how bout Judaism?

so would you say that it would be safe to say the following statement:

Christianity, like the myths of the greek which were highly promoted through out their land, like other famous religion, would die out in years time? say millenias?

And couldnt we say that christianity is basically an upgrade of earlier religions?

Answer 1

well, if you consider christianity a stand alone religion, Greek mythology predates it by several THOUSAND years. many believe the verse of Homer to originally be a spoken story, from anywhere between 5-3 thousand BC. Christianity is actully an off-shoot of Judaism, as the two religions are virtually the same historically until the time of Christ. Abraham, the first popular believer in Mono-theism, or "one God" worship, has been dated back POSSIBLY as far back as 4-3 thousand yrs BC. Remember, Abraham is the father of Judaism and Muslim faiths, the two religions actually only divurge at the birth of Abrahams sons. So even then, poly-theism was the more accepted, or dominant worship system on earth at that time, and it is only logical to assume that greek mythology existed at this time, though Im fairly certain the Greeks knew nothing of Abraham and vice-versa, except possibly through persian traders.

As for Christianity being "an evolved" form of these other thoughts, Christianity is very unique in that it is the only Monotheistic faith I know of that believes God truly walked the earth as a mortal and then ascended to heaven. The Jews and Muslims have only prophets, not the incarnation of GOD. So the differences are profound, but yes, Christianity may eventually wane in preference to other religions, and looking historically, it already has significantly, if you look at the "true" Churches and their influences. Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox faith are the only "real" Christian religions, only in the fact that they were formed by men who knew Jesus Christ. All the other "Christian" faiths were normally formed due to idealogy or procedural conflicts people were unhappy with within in Roman Catholic Faith. When you see the influence the Roman faith had as little as two hundred years ago to today, you see a vast difference in the amount followers, per capita. Add to that the growing popularity of Mormon, Muslim, and other religious proliferation in historically Roman Catholic strongholds, and you see it on the decline already. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Greek Mythology

Answer 3

Greek Mythology came way before Christianity.

Answer 4

Greek mythology is way older. The Romans had already conquered the Greeks by the time Jesus was born. Additionally, ancient Greek religion also borrows stories and traditions from even older religions, like the ancient Egyptians.

About 1850-1700 BCE is age of the Biblical patriarchs, it's when the Nomadic Hebrews were around the Fertile Crescent. The Greek civilization, and it's religion, began about 2000 BCE, so it's a little bit older than Judaism. Keep in mind that it wasn't until about 860-840 BCE that Elijah and Elisha denounced Canaanite influence to promote only Yahwism (monotheism that was Judaism.) During the Diaspora (587-538 BCE) is when the Torah was put together, but the Greeks had been writing down their stuff since 1250 BCE! (The E Document was written about 750 BCE, but that's still a long time after the Iliad was recorded.)

Answer 5

Greek Mythology came first, and here is why:
The first Greeks arrived in Europe some time before 1500 BC and had their set of beliefs on how the world came to be, and how the world worked (their beliefs), whereas Christianity came along after the death of Jesus Christ, who lived somewhere around the years 8–2 BC/BCE to 29–36 AD/CE.

Which would make Greek Mythology much older than Christianity.

Answer 6

Greek mythology came first. Most people do not know this, but Christianity as we know it did not come about until about 28 AD at his death. Christ was actually born sometime between 4 and 3 BC.

Answer 7

The Egyptians came about with one of the first religions, followed by the Greeks.

The Greeks primarily used religion to explain science. They could not answer questions like why does the sun rise and set? So they invented the idea that the Gods rode a golden chariot across the sky. Why do people fall in love? They believed that the idea of love came from the beautiful goddess Aphrodite. War was caused by the God of War, Ares. And, if a sailor got on Poseidon's bad side, he would give them rough seas and cause them to shipwreck, never to return home again. If a proper blessing was given to Poseidon, then he'd grant the ship fair winds for their voyage.

So, is Greek Mythology a religion? No, not in the sense that we know today. It was a way for them to explain the world around them. They had never heard of hurricanes, tempest, earthquakes, the Earth orbiting the sun, etc, so they created stories to explain these. these stories were passed on from generation to generation, becoming almost a religion.

Paganism and Judaism came before Christianity. Jesus was crucified by Jews who felt that he threatened their religion and way of life. Christianity still spread, though.

Answer 8

Greek Mythology of course.... Greek Mythology is older : we r talking about ancient Greeks since 1000 BC at least while Christianity was born with Christ (Jesus). don't forget that many things from Greek Mythology were adapted and "reused" in Christianity's doctrine...

Answer 9

Greek Mythology predates Christianity by 900 years or so.

Answer 10

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