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Originally Posted by dor  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. |
No not insulting at all. My previous post states that it is all but impossible to find a modern day source on this topic and it is quite true. Yes wikipedia was the first place I went to check this. However, is it not interesting to see that when just about every god and goddess in the Greek pantheon has a Roman counterpart, the Greek and Roman sun gods are listed as Apollo? I would expect that a major deity, such as that of a sun god, would not be shared between to different yet similar cultures and pantheons.
On a separate note, not all Christians are against light and wisdom. That is over generalized on my part and I should have been more specific to relate that what I had meant there was that the Christian leaders and establishment at that time were the ones that were against it. Make the populace see light and wisdom as evil and they become easy to control so was their thinking. Theses things do tend to carry forward through time and the Vatican tends to lean towards this a bit today with the policies they release.
Anyway, good debate is a good thing. It teaches all and I am always open to leaning new things, even if it makes me wrong. 'Tis a silly thing to fear.
~Shadow~