Why are the Greek philosophical writings so much more uplifting then the bible and the quran for mankind?

Question

How much further would mankind have advanced if the great intellectual works of the Greeks in the fields of logic, science, mathematics, and philosophy hadn't been superseded and suppressed for so long by these privative middle eastern writings and the backward leaning religions that they spawned?

Answer 1

If you prefer Greek philosophy, at least one person on the planet finds that a shame.
Do you really know what the likes of Aristotle taught?
He believed the heavens were a series of spheres within spheres. Each layer was made of crystal, with the earth at the center.
He believed the world had always existed.
The Book Of Popular Science states:
"“The errors of Aristotle, particularly in physics and astronomy, held up scientific progress for centuries.”

Answer 2

The onus is on Islam to show where the bible is in error, the implication is that it is in error if it doesn't agree with the Qur'an, this is imbecileic logic. It is up to the secondary to prove the original false other than means that the original doesn't support the secondary written thousands of years later. What of modern day prophets? Jesus said there will be false prophets, He did not say there there will be no more prophets as some Christians believe, nor did He say just one more. The standard is testing the prophet against the original writings, if there is harmony & they agree with the bible & its fundamental belief structure of salvation by grace through faith. The Qur'an is a totally different salvation structure to that of the Bible which implies a different god.

Answer 3

I agree that writers like Epictetus and also the Greek Stoics have more applicability and wisdom to live by for me. I also found a lot of meaningful and useful ideas in "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius. I won't say I didn't take anything positive away from the Bible but the OT sure is distasteful and portrays an evil being. How you get from that to the loving father Christians talk about I don't know. I think we should teach more philosophy in schools for sure.

Answer 4

The advantage of these works if their lack of preconceptions about God and the nature of the universe. Unfortunately, Christianity adopted many of their ideas in the course of its development, first neo-Platonism, then Aristotelianism. In fact Medieval Philosophy, which was profoundly religious, adopted the Greek notion of objects having an essential nature (Substance) and superficial characteristics (Accidents) to explain the transformation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ in the mass. So I'm not sure it would have mattered. The ancients didn't always get it right, and people have ways of making even good ideas fit their beliefs.

Answer 5

--WHY THEN do the following noteworthy persons in history give no credence to the Greek myths but support the Bibles superiority in all ways:
*** si pp. 338-339 par. 8 Study Number 10—The Bible—Authentic and True ***
--The superiority of Christianity as a religion whose followers worship with truth is highlighted by George Rawlinson, who wrote: “Christianity—including therein the dispensation of the Old Testament, which was its first stage—is in nothing more distinguished from the other religions of the world than in its objective or historical character. The religions of Greece and Rome, of Egypt, India, Persia, and the East generally, were speculative systems, which did not even seriously postulate an historical basis. . . . But it is otherwise with the religion of the Bible. There, whether we look to the Old or the New Testament, to the Jewish dispensation or to the Christian, we find a scheme of doctrine which is bound up WITH FACTS(my caps); which DEPENDS ABSOLUTELY upon them; which is null and void without them; and which may be regarded as for all practical purposes established if they are shown to deserve acceptance.”
*** w92 7/15 p. 3 Does the Bible Contradict Itself? ***
--AUTHOR Henry Van Dyke once wrote: “Born in the East and clothed in Oriental form and imagery, the Bible walks the ways of all the world with familiar feet and enters land after land to find its own everywhere. It has learned to speak in hundreds of languages to the heart of man. Children listen to its stories with wonder and delight, and wise men ponder them as parables of life. The wicked and the proud tremble at its warnings, but to the wounded and penitent it has a mother’s voice. . . . No MAN IS POOR or desolate who has this TREASURE for his own"
*** Lmn pp. 5-6 par. 7 “Look! I Am Making All Things New” ***
--The renowned scientist and discoverer of the law of gravity, Sir Isaac Newton, said: “No sciences are BETTER ATTESTED to than the Bible.”
--Patrick Henry, the American revolutionary leader famous for the words “Give me liberty, or give me death,” also declared: “The Bible IS WORTH all other books which have ever been printed.”
--Even the great Hindu sage Mohandas K. Gandhi once told the British viceroy of India: “When your country and mine shall get together on the teachings laid down by Christ in this Sermon on the Mount, we shall have solved the problems, not only of our countries but THOSE OF THE WHOLE WORLD.” Gandhi was speaking of Matthew chapters 5 to 7 in the Bible."

**WHERE ARE YOUR references to support the perverted teachings of the Greeks, that mean anything to mankind trying to find peace & righteousness?

Answer 6

Because most of the Greek philosophers were looking for truth instead of trying to prop up their gods any way they could.

Answer 7

That's a good point. Don't forget all the orgies we missed out on.

Answer 8

Oh really?
Is it uplifting to make false statements that even your students disprove>???
Its mental exercises...nothing more. It is not the truth.

Answer 9

So much more uplifting? Says who?

Answer 10

Cuz Greeks rock! :: rock horns ::