Mind giving some sources? I’m not arguing or disputing you, I’m just interested so I can learn here.
Comment on It's a sin in Christianity to consume media based on ancient mythology and folklore?
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Plenty of writers in the early Christian church continued to reference Greek and Roman mythology as a source of literary analogy—so a background knowledge of classical mythology is required to fully understand foundational Christian literature.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 days ago
Gloomy@mander.xyz 4 days ago
If you have the time, I heavily recommend Center Place as a great source for Christians and Atheists alike who wish to learn about schoolary views on Christianity.
It’s like a free seminar lecture. Here is one about Plato and Christianity:
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 days ago
That video’s position on the stuff in Sirach is actually pretty good
saltesc@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yeah, but Paul kind of ruined Greece via Thessaloniki and Korinthos. Granted, the social hierarchy around the old gods backed by “the one true God for all” Christian narrative sure made it easy to turn common Greeks against their ancient culture and religion.