Greek and Romam gods.

[tiggerblue10]

These gods were written about as myths and legends. How do they differ from the singular God that is worshipped today?

Silly question I know, but I love Greek mythology

[tiggerblue10]

"Roman"! Lol

[Lil O'lady]

Possibly the main broad difference between those days and now is that we have been only exposed to monotheistic religions for quite some time - Christianity, Judaeism and Islam. The Romano-Greek outlook was more akin to present-day Japanese Shinto in that spiritual entities could exist in a multiplicity of forms and could represent simple and complex concepts at the same time.

Exploring this question fully would be a fantastic dissertation - but a very long post........

[jno]

you have to imagine gods seen as being behind everything people didn't understand - the wind, the sea, love... As well as the big gods there were ancient spirits of the forest and fields, plus household spirits a bit like the oriental ancestral spirits. They really didn't go for the one-big-creator idea which has been prevalent in much of the world for the past thousand years and more.

[123everton]

I'm with Steve they don't really well at least in theory but not in practice.

[brionon]

The more Gods and Goddesses the less hatred for other religions.

[Beswad]

Religion causes confusion amongst men that is why there are so much conflicts around the world.

'My God can whoop your God' thus the argument goes on and on.