A Comparison of the Christian and Ancient Greek Cultures

Most Christians believe in the stories told in the Bible. In fact, these stories are portrayed not only as stories, but also as an actual historical time filled with important people and events to the Christian faith. Although, stories of Greek and Roman myths are ussualy looked at as untrue, fantisized stories. The idea that the Greeks viewed their religion on these "myths" seems crazy to people who belive in god and christianity. This idea seems to set a curse of wrong doing upon the Ancient Greeks. But judging your views on a dead culture may seem unimportant to much of the world, but it's important because the culture suports the history of a large portion of the world. But the Ancient Greek empire was alot bigger than current day Greece. Just as many Americans would find it insulting to have their history seen as a joke, it seems reasonable that Greeks would too. So, it is alright to try and understand that both Ancient Greeks and Ancient Christians may have had similar beliefs about the world they lived in. But, Greek myths contain unrealistic and unbelievable characters, events, and other things. Comparing both of Greek stories with different Bible stories, it is obvious that some of the stuff between the two do exist, and that the Ancient Greeks view of the world were very similar to the views of ancient Christians.

They do have things in common, but the similarities are very small. Such as they begin with the creation stories. In both the Christian creation story, Genesis, and in many accounts of the Ancient Greek, the earth began with darkness and nothing. In the Christian creation story, God is the same to the Greek Chaos in that he invents the same things, for example, God created adam and eve and Greeks created the underworld in both stories this was the beginning of all things. They also have a similarty in the speration or fall of man. Both of the religons had a fall of man, and they both consitied with dishonesty and temptation. The most important similarty of the two falls was the tempation was in the form of food And that the woman plays a negitive role. In each story they blame women for all human suffering and sorrow.

So, in conclustion both ancient greeks and ancient christians belive in a higher power. Yes they do have many conflicting ideas but there are a few similarites in both religons. And you should never judge another person over thier beliefs unless you would want the same done to you.