I’m Hellenistic it was weird at first because I’m Australian but there were to other Hellenistics at my school. I guess I always just found it easier to believe in the Greek gods and I did in like God and Jesus. So ah I guess that’s why I’m Hellenistic
@@thepighouse7663 i'm fascinated with the aesthetics of the Hellenic religious pantheon, but I'm still confused about what they actually believe. Do they literally believe Zeus sits atop Mt. Olympus and rules the other gods and creates thunder and lightning? Or does the belief system have more to do with the beauty of Greek aesthetics and a sort of ethnic solidarity, similar to the way Shinto is seen as the native belief system of Japan (so even when the Japanese say they're atheist yet visit Shinto shrines, that's taken to mean that their beliefs are more about respect of cultural and ethnic history)?
J jz currently about 40% of japanese people are complete atheists. but that doesn’t mean they’re going to destroy their culture. of course the temples would still be there. they can appreciate the beauty of the aesthetics without actually believing in the literal truth of that religion.
@@IRGhost0 I think the comparison to Shinto religion in Japan is quite fitting! I think that might be the great difference between the ethnic religions and christendom. In Christian religion the belief that Jesus Christ died for our sins and will free us is quite essential. In most pagan religions of Europe a real "credo" is missing: you might belief that Zeus sits atop Mt. Olympus as a heavenly king, but you might also regard him as personification of heavenly light and all its benevolent qualities, or as a more transcendental god, or as identical with the planet that bears his name (Jupiter). So one was pretty free to belief who or what the deities are. But essential was that the old rites and customs were respected. They are believed to come from very ancient times and were believed to guarantee the welfare and safety of the people.
What excites me about movements like these is that when they grow bigger, these groups could one day be funding research into ancient Greek culture and restoring ancient sites. We could one day learn so much more about ancient Greece through these people and their devotion.
I don't think so, only the science of archaeology must maintain the archaeological sites in Greece according to scientific procedures , it would be a disaster the rebuilt these temples. On the other matter I don't believe that returning to paganism is something good, it's medieval and downgrade. The upgrade is from Christian to became atheist , to believe from one God to hundreds is stupid, to sacrifice bulls is barbaric ( for the present). I have a huge respect to the ancient Greek civilization but time has passed an I don't want to stick in some religious practices of the past. Anyway I am Greek but I don't believe to any God(s) I am an agnostic.
There should be the best of the past, including ancient past, with the best of the present. So, those followers can assist with that. When lighting the Olympic flame, it can be done by them, instead of by actors. That would make it more realistic.
YoBadMama yes you are right and then the world will realize that we don’t need politicians and we would remove capitalism but then that would collapse the Zionist Jewish banking system that destroys our world!!
I have felt a connection to the Greek gods since discovering them, I feel like Christianity has become an oppressive religion, and is corrupted, but I don't want to disappoint my family, since there strong Christians.
I’m Chinese and I’m attracted by Hellenism and Hellenic religion. I even tried to learn Ancient Greek but it’s sooooo hard for me. It’s amazing that people are reviving the worship of Hellenic gods,I hope i can know more about this religion , I love these gods!
There is a connection to Ancient China. The Greco-Roman religion begins with ancestor veneration which China shares. There is a great YT videos and books called “the ancient city” or the “ancient family” and you will not be disappointed. 🙏🏻
Human Being How you feel when people will start to worship demon ? Like mahishasur and people will reject durga? It is the same for christin community cause according to their faith there is only one God
@@suyash4563 I used to live in a community full of Hindus, who thought me Mahishasur was a tyrant that tricked the God into giving him power to take over the world, I don't think anyone would be fond to worship that.
@@suyash4563 hey it's nothing to feel about we already have the one who pray to the evil if I say "demons". And Christianity have everything related to demonic than themselves I still found the destruction of Athena temple demonic enough, is it not
I’m a catholic but hey if they’re not hurting anyone I’m ok with it. And I’m glad the the Hellenic faith isn’t gone, it’s such a rich and interesting faith.
If you take christianity serious, you shouldn't endorse that. According to christianity, they will literally go to hell for all eternity. Christianity and Islam make that very clear. The abrahamatic perspective and doctrines in regard to paganism are clear. That's what it was all about. Destroying the idols, the "wrong" gods, satan is leading people towards.
earse selfre yes you can, the Hellenic religion is not a religion based on blood but it is a religion based on ethos, ethos the word's definition is the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations. The word ethnic which is a Greek rooted word which is derived and created fusing the word ethos which means custom, character, things you get use to, tradition, philosophy, ethics and religion of a certain culture.... One can adopt Hellenic ethos and call him or herself a ethnic Hellenas or Hellene. Many foreigners to Greece who where scholars of history and philology identified as Hellenes and no one cared. In fact Greek professors and teachers show such examples with joy and pride. Welcome to the tribe. Ancient Greece was a cosmopolitan oriented place where everyone could learn about others and everyone could learn from them... In cults of mystery like the eleusinians actually initiated foreigners. In the ancient pagan cultures around the world blood didn't make you different from another ethos did... Many ethnic Hellenes where ethnic judeochristians and when they came to the realization of paganism we transformed our ethos therefore becoming Ethnic Hellenes.
Yes you can and should. If Athena is calling you, you MUST answer. Athena is in the core of humanity. If you feel connected to Athena, you are a true human.
Absolutely. You can believe in anything you want. Gods are Gods and worship is not limited to any ethnicity. Some will say that you cannot worship the Gods unless you have Greek ancestry which is far from the truth. From a religious standpoint, the only way you could think that you must have a certain ancestry to worship is essentially saying that you don't believe that they are Gods or that they are who created all of that which is around us (including Titans, Primordials, etc. as Gods). It is a completely political argument trying to claim superiority and for example, is like saying that you can't be Muslim unless you are Middle-Eastern. From a historic standpoint, there are many instances where people of several ethnicities (African, Indian, Persian, etc.) worshipped the Greek Gods due to immigration, trade, war, etc. So yes, you and everyone else are completely free to follow the Gods and we welcome you with open arms.
earse selfre - Yes, if the gods call you, than what right does man have to stop you. Worship with sincerity and reverence in your heart, and the gods will accept you
Hellenism has the potential to fill the gap left by the vast hordes that are leaving monotheism, Christianity is a foreign religion to Europe after all, Christianity is a Jewish sect from the middle east but of course even Christianity has a massive amount of Hellenism at it's core, the 12 apostles being just one example.
None, Christianity is just reclaim the poor. As state got bit weaker because the wars poor start to see in a "new religion" kind of revolution and equality for all. At one moment, people on the top just reclaim to monotheisms and just stay on the top. So, nothing change really, poor did stay poor and rich stay rich. Similar like "socialism", meanwhile now in Venezuela, all people are equal but Maduro keep the money and power...
Many Europeans were descendants of the people who were forced to be Christians, especially in the south? Just like many of the Javanese (an ethnic group in Indonesia) were descendants of the people who were forced to identify as Muslims.
@AnarchoRepublican Try and look into your ancestry and discover the old gods. The gods of freedom and nature. The gods that don't need slave complexes to garner worship and praise.
Christianity has been in Europe for nearly two millennia and has become the cultural bedrock of European identity, but you pagays will always be in denial.
Of course they never died, for they are immortal beings of high power. The only way they could of died or faded is if the creator, chaos or the primordial council came down to earth to take them out.
Personally for me, as an other pure Greek, it really confuses me. I certainly love my Ancient past, but I can't deny our current homogeneous status quo out of the blue. I'm certainly agnostic, though. As Socrates said, "One I know, that I know nothing". My ancestors certainly fill my soul more than any current or older myth ( infused by facts? ). Our battles for freedom and civilization to sciences and everything we created. Even our myths teach us countless lessons EACH. They taught us how to live and what to start looking for ( Ευδαιμονία ). We keep making/repeating the same mistakes, though.
Against its ancient religion? This the ancient religion, the abrahamic religion is foreign and adapted. This is the authentic spiritual path of the hellenes.
@@bitter_truth8646 Strongly believe on u 🙏🏻 Because India is the only place Where Our Ancient religion survived In China and Japan too cuz they were influenced by Indian culture Egyptian, Greek, Mesopotamian (Iraq),Persian (Iran), Mayan and Azetec ( Mexico) , Arabian, Turkic, Mostly Great indian Subcontinental culture distroyed by abrahamic Cults ( Christianity and Islam ) 🙏🏻 Mother Earth save our Ancient Religion and culture 🙏🏻 Love from India Mejority Hindu ❤️🕉️ I Want to see Revival of all ancient Civilizations , cultures and Religions of earth Specially Egyptian, Perisan, Greek, Roman, Norse (salvic) , etc
As a Scotsman, and a heathen, who travels past huge Pictish, and pagan, standing stones on a daily basis I can quite unequivocally tell you that the energy encapsulated within these sites is not dead and it’s tantalisingly fascinating to witness a deep connection to your ancestral past when at these sites. As one pagan to another, I salute you and encourage and support your devotion to your Gods and goddesses. Remember, the nation of the Hellenes was always stronger being faithful to the gods rather than this abrahamic devil.
La Grande Armée Y’all sound like a broken record. I’m sorry.... it’s just so annoying. We wish you well on your path, please stop trying to convert people.
@@AveTrainOnDaTrack He's a demigod actually and no, there are hundreds of gods. Many of whom offer better and more fullfilling ideals then the christ god. Hail Odin and the aesir.
What? The Byzantine Empire which later became a de facto Greek state would've never come into being, with all its advancements in culture, beautiful art, architecture and theology without the Church proselytizing in those lands and removing the worship of idols. Paganism is stagnation.
Greek popes, and Orthodox religion in general, are the worst. They have infiltrated the public view and dictate how people should act, dress, talk and what kids should learn at school. I was indoctrinated as a kid in Greece to be a Christian because of that. Stopped believing a decade and a half ago.
I’m Jewish and I support my Neo-Pagan brothers and sisters. This revival is wonderful. I only believe in one deity, but believe there are many ways of expressing spirituality. Kind of like the Brahamic philosophy, where there is one ultimate force, divided into three, divided further into demigods and deities. Everyone has a different way of connecting with the divine and should be respected. I believe we will see a huge revival not just in Europe, but in Central Asia and the Middle East also. People from the Balkans, Greece and the Caucasus are returning to their old animist and shamanic traditions. I actually think animism is compatible with my religion. Everything has a soul -divine spark - that is part of one totality that is beyond human comprehension.
As an Orthodox Jew I agree. I welcome polytheism because polytheism often promotes religious pluralism and tolerance. In places like India and China, our people were never persecuted.
In 中國 (TheCentralNation) 's case, the True Explanation for such Synchronicity is the Profound Reverence that יַהֲדוּת had for 道儒. The Centermost Faith is more Mono than Monotheism yet more Poly than Polytheism. Scripture clarifies that Almighty 上帝 Above Godhood yet Rules All Gods/Godhood. This includes 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, who was correctly understood to be merely a 神 among the Infinite 神s. This is why we never blaspheme The One Almighty with defective pluralisms masquerading as singulars (like Jews attempt with Elohim - which is correct in Yah's case since Yah is merely a God). @@EzraB123
@@bloedblarre no angels are angels But Gods are Gods. But their fake one god is a angel like and devil like really. Demiurges together several or many same. What are you saying ? It was Many Gods That Made The Universe and Destroy it all in the End They Desire.
I am glad that this is a more recent video of what Hellenism is! Labrys and the YSEE are held in very high esteem! "They give the impression that its Halloween" , says the so called Priest dressed in black with a chefs hat!!!
I am an Indonesian, I think that the government must protect the native faiths of the Indonesian archipelago, not to eradicate them. Islamic fundamentalism destroys native culture, and that is true indeed.
@@ChupeTTe Both Islam, and Christianity, are Jewish by origin, both worship Yahweh, the Jewish tribal deity, and follow Jewish prophets like Moses, Samuel, David, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. Reason Muslims would differentiate Zionism from Judaism, because Islam is Jewish in origin, follow jewish prophets, just as Christians do.
@RobPetilo Zionism is Jewish nationalism. It's for Jews what Kurdish nationalism is for them. But you can't fully separate Zionism from Judaism. The ancestral ties to the land and the claim to the land is central to Jewish history, theology, literature, identity, etc. For as long as Jews exist they will have a claim to Israel.
I agree with you, and for people who don't believe in Polytheism there's something here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DYX0BVyhu24.html
When the Greeks believed in polytheism, their creativity and cultural vitality were amazing, as well as Rome and ancient Egypt... But when they were colonized by monotheism, they lost their cultural characteristics and creativity.
Brian Dorchak I know. You see, i hate the fact that we forced them to follow christiannity even if they didnt wanted to. And now paganism strikes back :D
Brian Dorchak Yeah but ya know, crusades and the whole DEUS VULT thing forced people to convert. So yeah I really find interesting that religions, that people thought dead, are back now :)
@Marcelo Henrique Soares da Silva could you be any more narrow-minded than that? The reason why other indo-european paganisms were still somewhat primitive is because they lived in places where it was extremely hard to develop, either cold and dry as fuck or no resources, the pagans near the mediterranean had more luck
What I favor about Hellenic Reconstructionists in general is how well they have done at preserving the authenticity of the philosophies behind their beliefs (many of which I share), while allowing that religion room to evolve. It's a hard balance to strike in spirituality (so many succumbing to the two traps of purity and relativism), but I feel that given the fact that Hellenistic beliefs have usually included a measure of philosophical self-criticism as a matter of course, modern Hellenism is uniquely well-suited to the task.
I remember some of the practitioners from a Vice documentary that was made about this a few years before this video was posted, especially the lady @ 2:12 (on the right) who is dedicated to Poseidon. I’m glad Hellenismos is finally getting recognition. I’m praying that understanding will soon follow.
The Vice video I’m referencing is this - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SBpNu4_TP9w.html. The part where she says “finally the hymn of Poseidon will be heard again” still stirs my heart.
This is so exciting to see this revival movement. As a Pagan this is exactly what I want to build in my country. Thank you for inspiring me to continue on my path 💖 Also the arrogance of the bishop is so typical.
Even if we in outer space They Gods Apollo and Athena and Artemis will hear us as They Answer the Prayers of aliens too. And aliens worship Them as Their Personal Gods too.
All religions should coexist, as this girl said "It's my own spiritual world", and it should stay like that.. I feel a lot of spirituality in both Ethnic faiths and Christianity, i respect all religions! Greetings from Serbia to my Greek brothers and sisters! We love you all, doesn't matter you're followers of Hellenic religion or Orthodox Christianity (or something else). :)
@@sumax-nz1je I actually did read it, a lot, I am a history major! But everything is so Greece centric that I can't help but feel like an outsider looking in.
@Alex I believe you, but as I said before it's so Greece centric that I can't help but look at it from the outside. But I really like it. I don't "believe in it" in the sense that I think Zeus, Athena, and the rest of them are actual entities that exist, but if you look at them as natural concepts, they are undeniable.
@Alex No I see your point. Whole western world is indeed based on Hellenic and Roman culture. But I don't think as an Eastern - European I can put any claim to it. I still feel as a foreigner to it no matter how much I admire it.
I'm atheist, and I don't hide that. Watching this video made me tear up. I am so happy to see that people still worship the Greek gods and feel a true, deep connection to them. Hearing them talk about their connection to the gods is truly one of the most amazing things I have ever heard. To everyone who worships the gods, please do not be afraid of the idiocy of people like that bishop. The Greek gods are amazing and everyone should be free to practice religion.
I’m fun with it being the majority faith of the country but I don’t it to be a star religon, the The separation between church and state must always be, doesn’t matter what faith it is. It must always be.
Long live Hellenism, the blood of the Heroes who fought at the Thermopylae and Salamis flows in the veins of the ethnic Greeks. Glory to the ancient Gods!
Future far Future and Past lost. Gods are Holys of Forever. Zeus and Apollo and Lord Hermes are Forever and Ever as you all forget unlike the false idol devil Yahweh and all his evils and Devilism.
My fellow greeks we must rejoice in our Persecution for true perseverance builds character and strength to stand. Blessed be you Holy Greeks. Praise be The Gods
Wish the interviewer could have pointed out to the bishop that he was wearing funny robes, a mushroom hat and looked like a Halloween joke himself. LOL. Very nice video.
Believe it or not, Olympian gods and goddesses were super powerful back then. But for some reason, they were forbidden any contact with humans a couple thousand years or so ago. Still they reign over Mount Olympus till today....🏛🌙✨🧿
It has been happening in Scandavania and Britian. The Maya never truly gave up their gods, same with Aztecs and Inca. But the one place, in my opinion at least, this needs to happen the most is Iraq. They need to be reimned of Ishtar, Enki, Dagon and Tamuz. Then, maybe the fighting in that part of the world, will end.
The Greek govt againts Hellenism and say they are satanist? Meanwhile the Greek govt glorified Alexander The Great? Well pure hipocrisy... If only that bishop know that Alexander was not a christian nor hold any abrahamic faith LOL
I am a Hellenic polytheist and devotee to Lady Aphrodite and Lady Hekate, I wish to go to this site to worship, it pains me that there are no sites where i am from to worship the theoi. I am glad the Hellenic faith is seeing revival. May the Gods continue to enrich this faith and continue it's perseverance against idiocy and hypocrisy.
The reasons i a became Hellenic is because: 1. It's fucking awesome theology 2. way better than Christianity and Islam 3. worship and interpret the ancient text how you want 4. no stupid rules 5. completely peaceful in nature 6. and last but not least you can drink the blood from your enemies skulls
Where did you get the last one from? Greeks would have considers that cannibalism and thus it would have counted as Miasma (closest thing to sin in ancient Greek religion) and never in any Greek texts has anyone ever Franken the blood of there enemies from their skulls
The Greek Orthodox church since then and even prior to this documentary or a little short video since has largely dropped. And the Pagan population has significantly grown since then several thousands at least.
Ancient deities of every culture except the abrahamic cult were anthropomorphic. They shared many of the same flaws that we have and many of the attributes that we have, but they were magnified because they were gods. They had uncontrollable anger and yet they also were very wise and I think that makes them very relatable. Unlike abrahamic God who is all knowing, all loving, all powerful and all perfect, these were anthropomorphic deities which meant they were flawed. They were flawed and they were more like us than unlike us and I think that's why we feel such a strong connection to them to them even today. Perhaps this is the reason behind booming paganism in modern Europe and declining christianity.
This year, European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) admitted that Lithuanian Romuva should have the right to be recognized as one of officially known religions. I wonder whether the followers of the Hellenic Religion ever went to ECHR or ECJ about their rights? If not, I would advise you to do this. We polytheists must STRUGGLE for our rights and I believe our GODS and GODDESSES will help us winning, but still - the same as ancient warriors - it is US who must struggle and win. Blessings and Best Wishes from a Slavic polytheist. Sława starym Bogom! Glory to the Old Gods! Δόξα στους αρχαίους Θεούς! Gloria in antiquis Deorum!
GREATE ADVICE, YES WE THE TRUE HELLENES SHOULD GO TO ECHR, ALSO YOU MUST KNOW ALL POLYTHEIST RELIGIONS AT LEAST ON EUROPEAN SOIL, SUCH AS YOURS, STEM FROM THE HELLENIC RELIGION
Christianity twisted and evolved to convert ppl away from their true roots... 12 olympians became 12 disciples. Daemon a semi divine to guide people and kakodaemons (evil spirits) became angels and and demons. I’m all for the Hellenic movement. ❤️
I definetly agree. Experimenting with polytheism is amazing, the time that I put into resarch and into developing kharis with the Theoi is much more rewarding for me than the 9 years I spench in the church.
@@nyui_arantes I truly wonder what the future of pagan religions in Europe will be like in the next 100 years will they supplant and replace Christianity or will they work alongside each other what do you think.
@@alecnorton5490 If we look at our past we can see mass slaughter of Pagans and christians on both ends while today in 21 century is a little different, the revival of Polytheistic religions[ Im an Hellenist] is still at its early revival moments kinda like when the first christians was emerging, it took some time before they got persecuted in 2 century and 3 century ad of their beliefs, then they got officially recognized and till they then in return started to persecute us for our beliefs which brings us today. If we look on history and just assumes that there will be like this again when we are around the first stages so there won't be much commotion till the late 2070 or earlier. If we look from todays perspective and our society's also our nations democraises then it will be probably be a slow Pagan revolution however much less bloddy then before.
@help your stocks That's really fascinating I would love to hear more about what your beliefs are and where do you see yourself and other followers of your faith going by the 2070s do you think there will be hellenists Colony on the moon or Mars or one of Jupiter or Saturn's moons planting a flag creating a new nation, language, and will you get along with other pagan faiths on other space colonies. because I hope that's the future it would be really interesting if it was because science fiction these days predicts Humanity's future living in overcrowded buildings and disgusting cities and political corruption and War and pollution everywhere and everyone has basically become nihilistic it's a very boring tired depressing cliche I think. what about you? Also do you practice your faith in a church or a temple I want to say Temple but I'm not for sure. And one final thing I really like that idea that you said how pagans and the abrahamic faiths will get along with each other more in the future one thing's for sure the future won't be boring.
@@alecnorton5490 We do practice our faith in in Temples for different deities[ Gods and Goddesses] but we make offerings rituals outside because of the smoke while we burn it as an offering for the Gods and Goddesses, as how we Hellenists see other Polytheists religions its pretty chill because we believe in all Gods and Goddesses and their rules however only decides to worship the Greek Pantheon. As the question about we going into space then just hypothetically say that Hellenists will go into space but judging by our numbers we won't be big enough to start an independent nations by just Hellenists unless we make an Pagan nation with the other Polytheists for our numbers are still small. I think that around 0,5 procent of the nations of outer space will be Pagans. Just another fact, there are countries that still have Pagan majority in their countries like India, China, Japan, New Zeeland and Benin etc.
There are many who worship the Hellenic gods outside of Greece as well. It's truly a cosmopolitan religion, and spread far and wide throughout the western world, just as Greek civilization did.
This will sooner or later be recognized as official for sure. No Greek government can argue about our past. Her hands are tied down tightly. Despite the big and powerful church we've got. Also, yeah, 98% register as Orthodox, yet, 97,9% don't have problem either. And for the agnostic Greeks, like me, it certainly is confusing. I admire our past as nothing else, and even the "myths" teach us countless lessons each, about how to live and what should we start looking for in order to live well. I suspect even these people subscribe to the same reasoning I provided, too. In short, they don't look for Deities, but for the clear, deep and sharp mind they might offer. Apollo was God of reasoning and truth after all.
Let me remind you Greek orthodox Christianity saved the Greek identity and language during musilm role and saved the people from being arabzed and turkized, we wouldn't have a people with Greek identity in modern day if it was not for Christianity,
Full support hellenic religion greek people who follow thier original religion,all Indian hindus will stand with our greek brothers and sisters who are hellenic root supporters
Hopefully, the same happens to Africa. We africans have a mindset in preaching foreign religions like islam and christianity but yet mostly we like demonizing african spirituality!!
A lot of it's actually a lot of the Christians in Africa and Muslims actually mixed in that with their African religion and faith in and it they weren't able to actually get it destroyed like it was in Europe
We greeks are the descendents ! The truth is that we Greeks have been spreading our DNA for almost 5000 years, especially within our tribes. It is no wonder that many people are attracted to it, because genetics is not only something that is passed on, it also contains information that determines later feelings, and these feelings are suppressed by facts that are forced upon you from birth. Most Greeks therefore feel very closely connected to our ancestors and would like to continue to be a part of the whole, but many are afraid to talk about it because otherwise they do not fit into the overall picture of the population. If you look into the subject a little more, you will find that the Orthodox religion was derived from the gods, which is why many customs, mysteries, ceremonies and even the old names of the gods are found in saints. They adopted Christianity and mixed it with the ethnic "religion", they were forced by the emperor constantie to adopt Christianity, otherwise he ordered to kill everyone. Many Greeks hid until today and continued to follow their culture until they had the courage to come to the fore to fight for their rights, in principle we are all Greeks one and the same and follow exactly the same culture, only the religion differs in some points. From day to day more and more Greeks gather to follow the original culture, understandable, because it carries a very different energy, if you look at the temples, it is no wonder that the faith was and is so intense, we Greeks already knew why we followed this path, why we could accomplish great! I also belong to this group and I recommend every Greek not to be ashamed to follow that which actually makes us, we are who we are and people have lost faith in us because we have turned away from this faith at that time. As we know, the gods of Olympus are much older than Christianity, which was used as an idea for other religions, even the Romans adopted our gods until their emperor forbade it. So you see, real Christians must have had the choice to become Christians, God or Jesus did not force anyone to accept them and ordered death in case of rejection! This should make everyone think ! Hellenism will exist again because this is a part of us and always has been !
Just one small glimpse of a way/question/topic to think about: Do you think you have free choice to choose what you want to choose? Than ask yourself this question: Why do you want to choose that? Can you choose the wish to choose what you wish? Is there really any free choice? In the end there is, but also there is not. You can't choose what will happen to you, you can't choose what will come your way, you can't choose what your feelings will be. But yes you can have influence on all of that, but always in anyway. You have a choice and you have not. That is the paradox. What is the truth?
Seeing all that hate towards each other really saddens me. Can't we exist all peacefully? Why so much hate toward Pagans from Christians and towards Christians from Pagans in the comments? Love is the way - Greetings from a Greek LDS
Its not that we want conflict however you see we Pagans do not believe in one but many while the monotheistic only believe in one not many, we Pagans accept that they don't believe in our faiths however it is they who refuse to accept ours because of this different worshipping and thinking. Also many christians, muslims and jews hate us because they choose the word of their only god to believe that we are satanists or demons etc. And for that we do get a lot discrimination on our end for being who we are or believe in while we just wanna live an ordinary life with our faiths
@@georgemargaritis2392 Yes I know that however what I'm trying to say is that its because of our fundamentals of different ideas and different religions in power of a certain state naturally creates an unthinking hate expression.
It's good that they are bringing back the old ways many people may not agree to this but i believe they have the right to bring back thir old ways and if they don't like it than they should stay away for what they love it's thir ways not ours. I'm a wiccan and i welcome the Hellenism with open arms.
I follow the Roman version, which is in many ways the same as Hellenism religion, with some ancient Italian flavors mixed in. I'm happy to see Hellenism thriving.
You find out about everywhere almost everywhere at least. Colton and he has nothing but damnation and hoaxes Christianity is from the Jews and we know the Jews are evil just like all Christianity is evil and all Islam is evil it's all godlessness and devilry.
Necesito una recomendación sobre algún "lugar" al que pueda apoyarme para aprender griego antiguo (ático-jónico, más específicamente), pues he estudiado pero no han sido muy completas las clases.
Yes and the christians with their decadent priests are not Halloween. In Germany (I'am German) it was by an court allowed that everyone can say to the Catholic Church "Childrapper Sect"!
Friendly unlike evil Hebraists were like christians. Gentile and Jew/Hebrew. There were Pagan hebrews who were Hellenic and freed of hebraism and knew the true And Real Gods. like Zeus and Kronos and Artemis.
One of the gods I follow is Dionysus, he did not go through hell in India for people to hide their beliefs. For those who don't know, Dionysus is a son of Zeus. He was a demigod and the challenge he had to prove himself was to go round India and turn them into Hellenists. Which then caused so much chaos in his home town. Please look up what happened. It's amazing. We should be proud of our beliefs. No matter what.
This is the creed that should dominate Europe and the west again. Paganism should be revived, as well as the values of ancient Greece, and the judeo Christian creed must be forever banished, for it sunk Europe into the dark ages. We must return to those glorious moments in time when Plato lectured in front of his pupils, when Piteas sailed the north seas, when Aristarchus proposed the heliocentric model, when Praxiteles sculpted his statues, and when the phalanxes of Alexander conquered the then known world. Glory to Hellas!!!!!!
Ancient stories, religions and cultures were connected in one way or another. Some of these connections were forgotten with the passing of time. Several past authors said or wrote that Zeus or Jupiter was the same as one of the early most important patriarchs in the Bible, but his story was changed to be compatible with monotheism. In this sense it can be stated that Zeus/Jupiter has been continuously revered and remembered by the followers of Abrahamic religions as one of the first most significant patriarchs and prophets mentioned in the Bible.
3:00 it's humorous that anthimos talks about the native greek religion as a fantasy and doesn't see that his belief system, if taken objectively, is also a fantasy.
Polytheism has somehow fascinated me way more than my uncomfortable surroundings with monotheistic people that I am use to in my life. There was this one person in my program trying to correct me that I might go to hell, if I refuse to accept Jesus as this so-claimed “One True God”, but I didn’t give a darn of what she thought, besides her cross was just Chinese character for ten, which I believe this Jesus guy was influenced by to set as a reminder for the Jews not to forget their sacred commandments that were given from Mt. Sinai, but one of those crazy Romans thought of it as symbol of hope and salvation, which I think was very warped idea they had in mind to make it feel like it’s there one true religion which is just ridiculous. I am just kind of glad that there is still polytheism in Greece and I hope it will flourish to majority soon. 😊
😊 I hope you meant the word buried in a figurative metaphorical sense because if you said otherwise I'll be blasphemous and disgustingly man-made and of course again blasphemy.
We are and even in USA and Mexico and Canada and Australia and UK. Roman Temples to Saturnus and Apollo and Venus and The Others all over where it's legal like turkey and Spain.
