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Originally Posted by Sporcle
Would you not agree that the stories told by those who believed in Olympian gods and goddesses are the equivalent to the Christian's bible, even if they aren't all gathered in one book?
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Absolutely not since there is physical evidence of divine intervention on earth. What physical evidence is there of the gods of Rome and Greece?
Greek and Roman gods are taught as mythology whereas monotheistic religions teach as there being one single real god. I know of nobody who truly believes the gods of ancient mythology are real, while a majority of people on earth believe in a single deity.
Furthermore, the stories of these mythological gods are really but a telling of human nature complete with envy, deceit, greed, and even murder. The bible is about God giving mankind instruction and commands against these sorts of sins.
And even if you did find someone who believed in the Greek and Roman gods of mythology and even worshipped them, you would be hard-pressed to find someone willing to persecute or ridicule this person whereas those who ridicule and persecute Christians are legion.
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Proverbs 1:22 "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?"
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Another difference between the stories of mythology and the stories in the bible is that the bible, the word of God, contains scripture which relates directly to every human situation imaginable.