Why did the Greek Mythology End?

Question

Why did all the past religions eventually die out?

Did you know that people who believed in ZEUS believed in it with all of there hearts and to the utmost devotion just like people today praise Jesus.

Where these people wrong and misguided back then? They were just believing what there families taught them and what they learned through others in there community. How come they weren't smart enough to know that Zeus and the other Greek Gods dont actually exist?

Do christians realize that there religion is very similar in this way?

HAha look at fireball's answer, she believes her people are superior. This is tribalism, ethnocentrism, and yes racism

Answer 1

No, they do not realize that. If they did, they could not be a Christian.

Answer 2

Have they died out? Those were pagan mystery religions, without the initiates knowledge of their allegorical esoteric symbols they pretty much are worthless. But the pagan stories are really no different then what is in the bible, the Hew Testament is different because it has many parts in plain speech, many people mistake it for literal history though. Although a man named Yeshua existed then, the events in the New Testament is far from history. The historical man was not even popular but made so way after his time. The Gnostics whom were spiritual/mystic Christians in the church all knew the scriptures were allegories, the simpleminded individuals believed in things like a physical resurrection to live better lives. You really need to do some studying of the Theology, there is a big thing back in the 2nd century where Church Father Origen answered some condemnation on the Church by a Greek philosopher that the Church taught similar concepts to the Greeks and read it all allegorical but they let the common believer believe in physical things, when they know its esoteric. Origen basically told them that it was esoteric.

So the question becomes why DON'T YOU understand the significance of a Mythology? A mythology was about development of consciousness, the growing principle into self knowledge and enlightenment and forces.laws that worked upon the mind and moved the body. They convey great things in them about inner selves and the laws of this organic condition, especially does dealing with our natural organic limitations in mind. They knew more than you give them credit, because you're some Atheist that doesn't look into the sources which explain that these things have inner meanings, mystical ones. The universities praise Plato yet they don't look into his mystical teachings or the fact that they never read their mythology as if it was history, only the unintelligent, simpleminded, uninitiated individuals did and worshiped and praised allegories. The same can be said for Pythagoras, people in universities and the institutions of this world praise him for his Math contributions but seem to completely bypass his mystical understanding, or that they did not read these stories or create these stories as being tales of historical value, but rather value of mind and being.

So why haven't you come to see the manner in which they were truly supposed to be approached? The whole objective was education! Educo - to draw without from the within, reading upon those scriptures and tales would cause the individual to draw within to gain knowledge and insight. This type of education is not what is taught in schools, this type of education works on the REALITY that one has knowledge before they learn, even a source of knowledge/level of being that is light and intellect personified that they can draw from and connect to, even know. Hence the WHOLE objective was to KNOW THY SELF and scripture/mythology played an important role in it. That people don't know these things doesn't negate the intent.

Btw the scriptures with Yeshua/Jesus in them were not as pagan in their original nature, you have to understand that they are highly corrupted and infused with Mithraism.

Answer 3

The past religions had varying stories and characters, but the general idea was the same. Some Christians were taught the basics and, for whatever reason, did not learn the more mystical references but their version was what Constantine learned and he decided to spread that religion throughout the empire (BTW, he wouldn't be baptized until he was on his deathbed and he placed some pagan ideas (like Sunday as the holy day) into practice.) Since it was a simplified version of what were supposed to be allegorical lessons, it caught on fairly easily.
But, I have heard there is a group, Hellenists-?, that still worship[ Greek gods and I think the Hermeticists still worship the Egyptian pantheon.

Answer 4

The religion of the Greeks did not "die out"-- it remains as a an important cultural and literary reference point for human culture. It has simply been deemed that entities such as the Greek gods do not exist, exist only as personifications of the natural and elemental necessities, or are simply no worthy of cult or worship. As far as the alleged similarity between Christianity and the ancient Greek religion, consider the work of Robert Sokowlowski, "The God of Faith and Reason" and Rene Girard "Violence and the Sacred" and "The Scapegoat." The idea that ancient mythological conceptions and Christianity can be easily correlated and demonstrated as being equivalent is a perception that results from the ideologically driven scholarship of modernity. Contemporary scholars of the ancient Greek cults and those of Christianity consider these arguments to be neither valid or convincing, and are more indicative of ideological prejudices than a demonstration of fact or truth. The particularities and differences of each system of conviction are actually far more striking than any similarities.

Answer 5

Who knows? Maybe in a thousand-or-so years Christianity will have "died out" as well, and the world will be members of the religion of Spongebobism or something like that. What matters to me are my beliefs... I choose to believe in God and Jesus, not Zeus... I sometimes think that all religions, past and present, are all based off the same things; they just happen to call God by different names and have changed the beliefs within that religion to fit with the time and place it is being practiced.

Answer 6

once you're finding for great: make a type of Olympus. merely think of of a Greek-styled heaven on a mountain. which would be tight, and that i'm helpful you will get an A+ for it. Medium-sensible: you may make a house video version of a heroic epic/short tale which includes Jason and the Golden Fleece (I made a ultimate flash version of this for a matching venture and it grew to become out superbly), innumerable Heracles thoughts, or Theseus and the minotaur to call some. that would certainly be enjoyable. i actual propose this determination (the above one is merely in case you have a heck of varied time on your palms). Small-sensible: i assume you may make a dress modeled after some god/goddess or hero and make a speech approximately them, in spite of the shown fact that that's been executed formerly and is no longer all that interesting.

Answer 7

The Roman pantheon was more complicated than monotheism, obviously. But the priciple reason was the law. Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. A subsequent emperor tried to switch back but it was clearly a minority religion by then and the reversion ended with him. People often tend to adopt the religion that causes them the least antagonism with their neighbors.

Answer 8

How do you know Zeus was fake? It is possible that all of these theories are real at the same time and each and every combonation. Things don't have to make sense to exist.

Answer 9

Of course they did, the Oracles died young and they could not think for themselves, but it was found out that the gases from the volcano were making them "High" and giving them the visions. Talk about misguided.

Answer 10

Most Christians refuse to acknowledge this similarity, just like they refuse to acknowledge that alot of the traditions of their major holidays have stemmed from pagan traditions.

The Greeks were not misguided, they believed in what they had faith in, how were they supposed to know any different?

Answer 11

Um....they still worship the Greek Gods. They are called Hellenistics. Man people are sheltered.