Why is it that ancient Greek and Roman beliefs are considered "mythology" and current Christian beliefs...

Question

are considered "religion"?

There is no substantial evidence for either. When will christian beliefs transform into mythology? 100 years, 1000 years?

Jamesmom, so it's about quantity, not quality?

Answer 1

We have concrete evidence of Christianity....ancient writings from respectable people, ancient ruins, etc. Myths have nothing rooted in fact.

Answer 2

the greek and roman beliefs consumed by the christians is in the bible and not considered myth The problem is most myths are told so long that they do lose their meaning if not repeated and taught as fact. It is so easy for a learned person to see a myth but very hard for those that don't read much to see or hear a myth as fact. Ra Amen the sun God is still a big myth but has a big part in christain religion. The fact that 3 days a year in certain parts of the world a the shadow on a sundial can not be seen is the biggest reason why 3 is the biggest and most improtant number for christians. Myths are myths and should be thought of as such and if the send an important message it should not matter where the myth came from. Chritians are quick to point out other peoples mistakes but can not see their own . Maybe christians are human after all.

Answer 3

A myth is a story passed down through oral tradition until it was finally written down. The Christian system is not mythological because it was written down in a short time by eyewitnesses. Now if the scriptures were written hundreds of years after Jesus then it would be a mythological system. But a myth is not necessarily false. Myths may have a lot of truth to them. So the only difference between a myth and a fact is that a myth is something that was not written until much later. Do not confuse this with a legend. A legend is much like the same thing, but a "myth" is a religious legend. Not all legends are religious, and not all religious are mythological.

Answer 4

First you must understand what the word myth means:
NOUN: 1a. A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society:
This does not mean that the Greek Myths or Myths native to this continent are any less true creation stories than Christian creation myths...following the above meaning it would seem that all we have are creation myths...Nothing is written in stone...hmmmm except 10 ideals the Christians call the 10 commandments...

Answer 5

Why is one "mythology" and the other "theology"? Popular acceptance has a lot to do with it. The other difference is how these things are dealt with on a literature level.

"Mythology" doesn't strictly mean "stories that aren't true", but stories that contain certain timeless archetypes, and teach certain lessons about human behavior. Theology is often taken to be dogmatic, so even from a secular point of view, it's examined and studied as a different type of literature.

Personally, I think the Bible does contain the same type of mythology, and people who treat the Bible as a history book are missing the point. If these fundamentalist Christians took the same approach to, say, Aesop's fables, then instead of appreciating a story about persistance and goals they would be worshipping turtles and calling all rabbits evil.

Answer 6

Beliefs of all religions but one's own are considered mythology. Only Christians think that Christian beliefs are not mythology. The rest of us think that they are myths.

Answer 7

that is because the christians destroy other religions in favour of there one the greek religion is better than theres the gods are a lot more fun its a thing christians do just to get there own way the christ relgions belongs in myths

Answer 8

well, that depends on personal beliefs.
I studied some mythlogical stories in high school.
its considered mythylogical mostly because they created those stories to explain things that they didnt understand.
for example they thought Apollo was the god of the sun, he made the sun glow. They didnt have the technology we do now to know that the sun glows because its made of fire.

Answer 9

because there are more Christians than there are ancient Greeks and Romans

Answer 10

Christian beliefs are already mythological. I think so and you think so and so do many many others.

Answer 11

Currency.