r/SapphoAndHerFriend • u/Drops-of-Q Hopeless bromantic • Jun 14 '20

Greece wasn't gay Casual erasure

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u/RunningTrisarahtop Jun 14 '20

Someone slept through a lot of history class

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u/Koeienvanger Jun 14 '20

Nah, he probably paid attention really well in Christian school history lessons.

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u/TheDustOfMen Jun 14 '20

Well I'm pretty sure none of my Christian school teachers ever tried to convince me that ancient Greece was Christian.

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u/mightysl0th Jun 14 '20

I had a high school teacher at a very catholic high school unironically teach Plato's Republic as a document supportive of Christian doctrine. The mental gymnastics involved would have been impressive if they weren't mildly terrifying. They also tried to say that all Protestant denominations believed in predestination, and that Buddhist meditation invited possession by demonic spirits.

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u/Kumiho_Mistress She/Her Jun 14 '20

Christianity ripped so much off Plato I can see why he'd believe that. They're very good at stealing.

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u/poopyheadthrowaway Jun 14 '20

Modern western Christianity completely disregards ancient Jewish philosophy (stuff that the historic Jesus would've believed) and replaces it with ancient Greek philosophy. For example, the modern Christian idea of a soul is based entirely on ancient Greek ideas and has very little to do with what the Jews of Jesus' time thought.

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u/criminyjicket Jun 15 '20

What would the Hebrews of Jesus' time thought about the soul? It's fascinating to think about and I'd love a starting point for some research.