Did the Ancient Greeks do religion better?

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Re: Did the Ancient Greeks do religion better?

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Morley wrote:
Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:25 pm
I think it more likely that the invention of movable type played a bigger role in bringing about the Scientific Revolution than Christianity.

I guess that I don't see the stable, discoverable, cause-and-effect Christian worldview that some of you do. The Medieval Christian god who preceded the Enlightenment was arbitrary, fickle, and malevolent--a deliverer of unpredictable plague, war, and famine. How this is a substantively different god from the deities presented in Homer?



edit: I'm not sure that the case has been made that any religion was necessary--as either scaffolding or foil--for the development of science.
I don’t think that case has been made. I certainly didn’t intend to make it.

My impression may be similar to the just so stories of evo-devo. I was thinking more of Aquinas in terms of rules or laws, but I’ll be the first to admit it may be a bad take.
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Re: Did the Ancient Greeks do religion better?

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Kishkumen wrote:
Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:49 pm
People who participated in religious cultures did much for science. Early Greek philosophers must be indispensable entries on such a list.
Absolutely.

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Res Ipsa wrote:
Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:29 pm
I was thinking more of Aquinas in terms of rules or laws
Thank you. I can certainly appreciate this.
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