2007-11-26 12:07:43 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, none one of their gods make sense. I know that they were trying to search for answers but they definitely were not logically correct.
2007-11-26 12:11:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Greeks created their gods not for religion, but for explaination. The Greeks did not have a understanding for why things happened and what caused them, so they used their vivid imagination and thus created the gods and other creatures. For example, the Greeks explained the season's changing from spring,summer,fall, and winter by saying that the goddess of the grain, Demeter and Persephone, her daughter were split up. Hades had tooken Persephone to be his queen of the Underworld. This made Demeter said thus came fall and winter when crops and vegetation die. Hades lets Persephone come to the surface to see her mother for six months a year, thus spring and summer when she is happy and crops grow. So they didn't exactly use gods as religion, but more for scientific explanation.
2007-11-26 20:19:26 · answer #2 · answered by Rawr! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Heaven is composed of many characters, but here in the Western world, most believe in the "One God" above all others. The Greek gods can be compared to our movie stars of today: like Paris Hilton, Tom Cruise, etc. - their exploits were followed like a make-believe story, and have qualitative differences than the gods we believe in today. Many in the East still believe in Multiple gods, such as Shiva and Vishnu, who had more human-like behaviors. Even in Christianity, we have multiple saints and the Trinity, and even the family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, but most theologians will tell you this concept has evolved into a more all-inclusive believe in the ONE God with multiple saints and seekers who become one with the one God, or who achieve enlightenment through overcoming human imperfections. Many would say the Greek gods served a purpose in ushering in the concept of a family of gods with one leader, and that leader became the current one God, our Heavenly Father, or Allah, or whatever you want to call it.
2007-11-26 20:18:18 · answer #3 · answered by spiritdom916 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't know about our God, were raised to believe in Greek Gods, would you be wrong. Their Gods set down a way of life to live, and if that was all you knew, how could it be wrong? That's just the way it was. It was the era they lived in. That isn't to say their beliefs were good, it's just the way it was. I can't believe that my God would forsake anyone who tried to live a good life, tried not to hurt anyone, and tried to leave this world a better place. But that's just me. Maybe, I'm wrong, but I don't think so, so who is to say? I guess we will never know till our life here is over.
2007-11-26 20:18:50 · answer #4 · answered by donna r 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No... and I don't think the ROMANS or the EGYPTIANS or the BUDDISTS or the HINUS or whatever else... got it "correct" in believing in "their" gods.
In the Judeo/Christian faith, God tells us right off the bat that there is ONLY ONE God.... PERIOD! So if ANY other culture, religion or faith purports to have MORE than ONE god, they are incorrect. WHY is this such a DIFFICULT concept to understand???? It would be like saying, the USA has only ONE President... PERIOD!!! ANY other form of government that has more than one president is not AMERICAN. Why does THIS make sense but ONE GOD does NOT make sense???
And WHY am I always trying to make SENSE out of all this when I'm Christian and I'm SUPPOSED to be BRAINWASHED and BLINDLY and NON-thinkingly follow my faith?? Isn't Christianity NOT supposed to MAKE sense??? WHY am I always finding LOGICAL errors in these anti-religous arguments when our religion is not SUPPOSED to BE logical, but contradictory???
Have a blessed day.
2007-11-26 23:08:47 · answer #5 · answered by wyomugs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question can be interpreted in differnt ways. Let me just say this. No one is correct about the existence of any gods. Their gods made as much sense as any and more than some. They may have been correct to believe in their gods, instead of Moses' psychotic god.
2007-11-26 20:12:52 · answer #6 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No the apostle Paul tried to reason with them saying I am talking to you about this unknown God.
they have all sorts of wierd believes.
2007-11-26 20:14:52 · answer #7 · answered by Steven 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But the philosophers were correct in not believing in them.
2007-11-26 20:13:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think anyone and everyone is both incorrect and correct in their beliefs of any god(s)....believe what you were brought up learning, or what you find is suitable for you.
2007-11-26 20:11:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Helped them to build Rome.
2007-11-26 20:15:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋