09-28-2016, 05:24 PM
(09-26-2016, 05:56 PM)panairjdde Wrote:(09-26-2016, 03:55 PM)MonsGraupius Wrote: Strange how the Christians lived for several millennia using Roman, Greek and Norse gods, but the PC crowd can't suffer one Judaeo-Christian one!
Do you think the answer might lie in the fact that the Pagan religion has been dead for centuries while Christianity is alive and kicking?
Christianity as we know it is just a combination of a lot of other religions from Greek, to Roman, to Hebrew, to Norse and e.g. Mithraism. E.g. when is the "sabbath"? It's not on Saturday - but on Sunday, the day of rest in Rome. When in Xmas day? On the 25th December - the day that was the solstice in Rome before they altered the calendar. Much of what we call "Christianity" is "pagan".
But the same is true of Judaism - had you ever wondered why they worship in a Synagogue - from the Greek word meaning "assembly" - the answer is that by the time of the 1st Century, most people in Palestine spoke Greek and did so in their religious meetings. Palestine was very Greek, so much so that they incorporated a lot of Greek ideas into what is now called judaism.
So, the modern idea of a pure, authentic original "jewish religion" is like so many religions, very much a reinvention ... if you then look at this original "jewish" religion there were multiple gods, sacrifices ... it clearly took ideas from places like Canaan & as I said Greece... and it was basically what we would call "pagan" ... but even the modernisation of the religion with a single god was Egyptian in origin ... although Alexander also popularised it!!
Oh the grand oh Duke Suetonius, he had a Roman legion, he galloped rushed down to (a minor settlement called) Londinium then he galloped rushed back again. Londinium Bridge is falling down, falling down ... HOLD IT ... change of plans, we're leaving the bridge for Boudica and galloping rushing north.
