Since the Invention of the spoken language humans have told stories. Over hundreds of years these stories were spread and changed. William Blake believed that all myths and religions started from the same place. That two completely unrelated sets of beliefs, like the Greeks and the Christians, could have started from the same story. The two certainly have their differences but, also some very parallel similarities. The Creation of the world is one of the most widely contested events in religion and this is still true between the Greeks and Christians. In the time leading up to creation both the Greeks and Christians believed there was absolutely nothing. However thats where the two diverge. The Greeks believed a deity named Gaea was spontaneously
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Both believe that man was made of dirt and given life, then the two diverge again. The Bible states that on the sixth day of creation man was formed from dirt and given the breath of life, and then a woman was created from one of his ribs. The Greeks, believed that Prometheus, one of the few titans still alive, sculpted man from mud and gave them fire stolen from the gods. To punish the men and Prometheus, Zeus made Pandora, the first woman, and gave her a box containing all the evil spirits in the world, and chained Prometheus to a mountain to be eaten by eagles. The Fall of man is one of the most similar stories between the two. In Christianity Adam(first man), and Eve(first woman) lived in the Garden of Eden and were told never to eat the fruit of knowledge of good and evil. Eventually Eve was tempted to eat the fruit and did and shared it with Adam. As punishment the two were expelled from the garden and given various curses. The Greeks beliefs mirror the Christians in that the first woman is again the cause of humanity’s initial downfall. Pandora was given a box containing evil spirits and told not to open it. She did, and released the seven deadly sins into the …show more content…
Heaven is actually divided intro three different parts. First heaven is the air above the earth, and Second Heaven is where the moon, stars, an other planets are found. The Third Heaven is the unseen home of God and penultimate paradise for the souls of his followers. Hell, conversely is described as pure torture for sinful people. The Greeks also had a concept of the afterlife. While a heaven-like place exists in Greek mythology it is reserved for the gods only. The souls of man all go to the underworld where they are separated by virtue into 4 fields. The field of punishment is reserved for evil men to face punishment for their lives. The Elysian Fields are for good men and heroes to be rewarded. The fields of Asphodel are where men who were neither good nor evil reside. Lastly is the Fields of Mourning. This place is reserved for those who were consumed by their tragedies while they were alive. In Christianity, it is taught that There is one God above all others, and this is true in the Greek mythology as well. Zeus was believed to be king of the gods and by right the best and strongest of them all. However Jehovah and Zeus are hardly similar at all. The Christian God is viewed an exemplar of what is good and punished those who are evil. Zeus on the other hand is an
Both believe that man was made of dirt and given life, then the two diverge again. The Bible states that on the sixth day of creation man was formed from dirt and given the breath of life, and then a woman was created from one of his ribs. The Greeks, believed that Prometheus, one of the few titans still alive, sculpted man from mud and gave them fire stolen from the gods. To punish the men and Prometheus, Zeus made Pandora, the first woman, and gave her a box containing all the evil spirits in the world, and chained Prometheus to a mountain to be eaten by eagles. The Fall of man is one of the most similar stories between the two. In Christianity Adam(first man), and Eve(first woman) lived in the Garden of Eden and were told never to eat the fruit of knowledge of good and evil. Eventually Eve was tempted to eat the fruit and did and shared it with Adam. As punishment the two were expelled from the garden and given various curses. The Greeks beliefs mirror the Christians in that the first woman is again the cause of humanity’s initial downfall. Pandora was given a box containing evil spirits and told not to open it. She did, and released the seven deadly sins into the …show more content…
Heaven is actually divided intro three different parts. First heaven is the air above the earth, and Second Heaven is where the moon, stars, an other planets are found. The Third Heaven is the unseen home of God and penultimate paradise for the souls of his followers. Hell, conversely is described as pure torture for sinful people. The Greeks also had a concept of the afterlife. While a heaven-like place exists in Greek mythology it is reserved for the gods only. The souls of man all go to the underworld where they are separated by virtue into 4 fields. The field of punishment is reserved for evil men to face punishment for their lives. The Elysian Fields are for good men and heroes to be rewarded. The fields of Asphodel are where men who were neither good nor evil reside. Lastly is the Fields of Mourning. This place is reserved for those who were consumed by their tragedies while they were alive. In Christianity, it is taught that There is one God above all others, and this is true in the Greek mythology as well. Zeus was believed to be king of the gods and by right the best and strongest of them all. However Jehovah and Zeus are hardly similar at all. The Christian God is viewed an exemplar of what is good and punished those who are evil. Zeus on the other hand is an