As I prepare to write a post concerning ancient Western civilization, I stop to ask myself a few questions, find your personal answers if you wish, this will likely come up in my next or last post and might interest you further.
Christianity
Why did the Jews want their God to be different? Not only were they defying the mainstream polytheistic ways, but they did not largely want, nor receive a political guide to solve their earthly feuds. What caused this new approach to find a more sensical God? Was it a want to find a better way? Was it a want for peace via a less petty humanoid God?
Why was there such a significance of law? At first the Jews believed law is what held them together, so they set out to find the spiritually oriented laws God might want to impose on them. After the birth of Christ, the Christians are taught that they shouldn't take law to be strict and literal, but rather simply a moral guide to be placed loosely upon oneself to improve the nature of one's own spirit. What was the significance of this?
The Gospels are written very different, why? In the Bible the Gospels write differently because they have different audiences, but how can you appeal to different audiences? No matter what religion you belong to, and even if you don't subscribe to any religion, you don't have to take the Bible literally, it is still important. Christians believe it is important to follow a moral code, it is more important to be a good person than a lawful person. People can apply these stories from the Bible and the values that align with these stories to their own life. Why do the Gospels choose to either speak outwardly to non-Christians', or refuse to preach to those peoples at all? Who do you think did it best?
Why does gossip exist? There were so many misconceptions about Christianity throughout Rome, and most of them were so outlandish you'd think only a madman could do these things, or come up with these misconceptions, but no, it's just gossip. Why do people want to stigmatize things? Could it be the want to share something for shock value? Or perhaps to assist in one's own placing on a hierarchy? Or maybe some sort of act of self-preservation? If any of these things, there is then still the further question, why do people want to be higher on the hierarchy, or commit acts for shock value, or feel the need to defend oneself socially?
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