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| Namu (profile) wrote, on 9-8-2005 at 2:08pm | |
| Similarities between Greek Mythology and the Bible. Remember when you read this, these are only similarities, not exact same stories. These books were each written about a thousand years or more apart. War in heaven: In Greek Mythology, there was a war between the titans and the gods. In the bible, it was a war between god/followers and Lucifer/followers. Prometheus/Jesus Christ. Prometheus created man in the image of the gods. Jesus Christ claims we are created in the image of the gods. Prometheus declined temptation by not accepting a wife. Jesus was about declining temptation. Both suffered for the "good" of mankind. Prometheus was chained to a rock where Zeus' eagle flew down each day to eat it, and it reformed at night. Jesus' liver was stabbed to see if he was dead and water came out. His liver is also the symbol for resserection. Hermes carries a staff with two snakes encircling it. Moses' staff turned into a snake. The staff with two snakes is actually the sign of hospitality(as in hospitable) and is on our hospitals, along with the cross. God gave a child to Mary from a beam of light. Zeus did the same to Danea and bore her the child Perseus from a beam of light as well. Both god and Zues are reffered to as "god", "father in heaven", and "the lord". Both of the first women created did something they were not supposed to and brought death upon the world. Eve ate the apple. Pandora oppened the box of leftover gifts. Greek Mythology had a great flood like that of Noah and his ark. In the Greek version, and hero named Deucalion was prewarned about the flood(like Noah) and built an ark with his wife. They ended up on a tall mountian after the flood. Both stories are very close in their chronological order, starting with creation. The bible mentions that your memory is wiped clean from you before you enter this world from your premortal life. In Greek mythology, there exists a river called Lethe. This is the river of forgetfullness. The Greeks believes that you had to drink from this river in order to forget everything about your past lives before you were able to be reincarnated. The Greeks also foretold the coming of a savior("Jesus"). All of these Greek documentations happened at least five hundred years before Jesus was born. Greek mythology happened for about five hundred years till somebody first wrote the stories down. Some believe this was first done by Homer with the Iliad and Oddyssey. Even still, Homer wrote this five hundred B.C., so the stories were actually a thousand years old when Jesus was born. Just some food for thought... (sorry it's so long. I don't know how to do the "read more") |
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godessalthena | 09-08-05 6:54pm Wow! That's so cool. I love you sweetheart!
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jessa_lynne | 09-09-05 1:08pm the read more thingy:
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Namu | Re:, 09-09-05 3:44pm Hey thanks a lot! |