I’m just curious, but the definition sounds like distinguishing between religion and faith not exactly religion and mythology. Animism or shamanism doesn’t always have overarching dogma to teach nor actively ask other people to believe in them. Ancient Greek people did some rituals and sacrifice, that practices they did doesn’t count as religion?
Things aren’t suddenly called mythology once they’re not believed by a lot of people.
No…that’s pretty much exactly how that happens.
Religion is ritual devotion to a higher being. Full stop. The fact that the Greeks and Romans worships a pantheon instead of a single god makes no difference whatsoever.
I majored in Near Eastern Classical Archaeology and that came with a heavy does of anthropology. What you’re saying is meaningless pedantry that ONLY comes from people who are too insecure to admit that their own Monotheistic religion is in fact just a made up mythology like every other faith that’s ever come and gone on the planet.
“formally organized beliefs and practices typically centered around the worship of supernatural forces or beings”
What do you think is taking place when they are sacrificing a bull or a lamb to Zeus, or visiting the temple of Dionysus. Romans (since we’re using them as an example) had very structured forms of worship around their gods. So how exactly is that NOT a religion in your brain?
A degree in classical archaeology is more than enough education versus someone who read a couple of articles online. But keep on believing what you want. Enjoy your day.
Id argue that they are the same conceptually, and digging any deeper is splitting hairs. Both are made up stories to make ourselves feel better about death, as well as tips and tricks on how to live.
look, mythology and religion may not refer to precisely the same thing, but there was a relationship between greek mythology and religious practice. understanding one is helpful in understanding the other.
People call it mythology, but it was really Greek and Roman religion.
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Thanks for the splainer. You sure know a lot about this stuff…
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I’m just curious, but the definition sounds like distinguishing between religion and faith not exactly religion and mythology. Animism or shamanism doesn’t always have overarching dogma to teach nor actively ask other people to believe in them. Ancient Greek people did some rituals and sacrifice, that practices they did doesn’t count as religion?
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No…that’s pretty much exactly how that happens.
Religion is ritual devotion to a higher being. Full stop. The fact that the Greeks and Romans worships a pantheon instead of a single god makes no difference whatsoever.
I majored in Near Eastern Classical Archaeology and that came with a heavy does of anthropology. What you’re saying is meaningless pedantry that ONLY comes from people who are too insecure to admit that their own Monotheistic religion is in fact just a made up mythology like every other faith that’s ever come and gone on the planet.
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Dude you literally just said it yourself;
“formally organized beliefs and practices typically centered around the worship of supernatural forces or beings”
What do you think is taking place when they are sacrificing a bull or a lamb to Zeus, or visiting the temple of Dionysus. Romans (since we’re using them as an example) had very structured forms of worship around their gods. So how exactly is that NOT a religion in your brain?
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A degree in classical archaeology is more than enough education versus someone who read a couple of articles online. But keep on believing what you want. Enjoy your day.
Because we are talking about mythology not religion.
We are talking about made-up bullshit not made-up bullshit
Religion doesn’t require devotion to a higher being, or even ritual. What about, say, Zen?
The whole distinction between philosophy, religion and, heck, even psychology is a very very Abrahamic/western-centric view.
I still call it Christian Mythology.
Yeah, there’s certainly a bit of both, right? Modern religion have their own brand of myths and tie that up with their values.
I will admit I know nothing about this. I don’t even know where to find these types of explanations from a secular POV.
Id argue that they are the same conceptually, and digging any deeper is splitting hairs. Both are made up stories to make ourselves feel better about death, as well as tips and tricks on how to live.
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… but texans are americans?
look, mythology and religion may not refer to precisely the same thing, but there was a relationship between greek mythology and religious practice. understanding one is helpful in understanding the other.
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…i think you have me confused with others.
anyway, i’m not convinced trying to delineate between the two is so neat or always necessary. but it seems no further conversation is to be had here.
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And yet it was part of their religion. The fact that other aspects did not survive to the present day does not change that.
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And it was sooooo gay.