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Originally Posted by shadow.pulsar  Every once in a while I feel the need to throw a cog in to the wheel. So here is my cog for the month.
Did you know that Lucifer is the Greek god of light and wisdom? I bet you didn't. Not too many do.
It is an interesting thing to think for a moment about the past, that Christianity rose up from the Romans (who didn't really like the Greeks) and that the Roman god and goddess for the sun and the moon were Apollo(Sun) and Artemis(Moon). The Greek counter part to them (we all know the Greeks and Romans had similar gods and goddesses) were Lucifer(Sun) and his sister Diana(Moon). When the Romans concurred the Greeks, the Greeks were forced to adopt the Roman pantheon. When the Roman empire changed from paganism to Christianity, who was better to turn into a demon than a revered god of your enemy?
It makes one wonder a bit as to why Christianity considers Lucifer the evil of all evils. What is their problem with light and wisdom?
Like my cogs?
~Shadow~ |
evidence that the romans 'forced' the Greeks to adapt their gods? can you explain why for example the cult of Isis was extremely popular in the roman world (isis, of course was egyptian).
artemis, is the greek name :
Artemis (Greek: nominative Ἄρτεμις, genitive Ἀρτέμιδος) in Greek mythology the daughter of Zeus and of Leto and the twin sister of Apollo was one of the most widely venerated of the gods and manifestly one of the oldest deities (Burkert 1985:149). In later times she was combined with the Roman goddess Diana. In Etruscan mythology, she took the form of Artume. Deer and cypress are sacred to her.
nor was lucifer a greek sun god: Apollo
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For other uses, see Apollo (disambiguation).
Lycian Apollo, early Imperial Roman copy of a fourth century Greek original (Louvre Museum)
Lycian Apollo, early Imperial Roman copy of a fourth century Greek original (Louvre Museum)
In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων, Apóllōn; or Ἀπέλλων, Apellōn), the ideal of the kouros (a statue of a male youth), was the archer-god of medicine and healing, light, truth, archery and also a bringer of death-dealing plague; as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) and director of their choir, he is a god of music and poetry. Hymns sung to Apollo were called Paeans. The American missions to the moon, Project Apollo, were named for the go
but overall, I don't mean this in an insulting matter, but a brief reading of you post indicates to me you need to read up a little more on this subject, or at least document your claims in your post, and I would back of broad sweeping erroneous claims that christians are against light and wisdom, unless of course you can back up such no- such claims.