The Pros And Cons Of Greek Religion
How many people do you know are religious? In time many people came to not believe in any religion. Those who believe, where did these ideas originate, of a higher power? How have they developed to where they are now? Everyone knows how religion is to have started thousands of years ago. Originating with Judaism, others had been built off such as Christianity and Islam. Religion has gotten many cases of whether it is beneficial or if it is of no use.
As many religions back then had been were polytheistic, being that they put their belief in multiple Gods, those of being in Greek or Egyptian society. Those two were so major that even the Romans had taken many of their ideas, mainly in their religious and worshipping ways. The Romans had changed the names of many Greek gods to be theirs, like Zeus turning to Jupiter, Poseidon as Neptune, Aphrodite as Venus, etc. The Romans had even taken one of the main Egyptian gods being Isis, incorporating her into their life. There had been many temples dedicated to her in land conquered by the Roman Empire alone. Each of these Gods had been there to serve for a different …show more content…
The extremity being how far they are willing to go in the “name of their religion.” One group known for this is ISIS who commit terrorist attacks across the world in the name of their god Allah. Another group that is also known for this is the Ku Klux Klan, or as they are better referred to as the KKK. The KKK are a group of white supremacists who go around making hate speeches against anyone that is not white or those whom are Catholic or Jewish, initially having started as a group to suppress the slaves who had recently become free in the 1860s-1870s. (History.com Staff, “Ku Klux Klan”,
As many religions back then had been were polytheistic, being that they put their belief in multiple Gods, those of being in Greek or Egyptian society. Those two were so major that even the Romans had taken many of their ideas, mainly in their religious and worshipping ways. The Romans had changed the names of many Greek gods to be theirs, like Zeus turning to Jupiter, Poseidon as Neptune, Aphrodite as Venus, etc. The Romans had even taken one of the main Egyptian gods being Isis, incorporating her into their life. There had been many temples dedicated to her in land conquered by the Roman Empire alone. Each of these Gods had been there to serve for a different …show more content…
The extremity being how far they are willing to go in the “name of their religion.” One group known for this is ISIS who commit terrorist attacks across the world in the name of their god Allah. Another group that is also known for this is the Ku Klux Klan, or as they are better referred to as the KKK. The KKK are a group of white supremacists who go around making hate speeches against anyone that is not white or those whom are Catholic or Jewish, initially having started as a group to suppress the slaves who had recently become free in the 1860s-1870s. (History.com Staff, “Ku Klux Klan”,