snoons@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoWhy are churches in Europe almost always built on top of Pagan ritual sites?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareWhy are churches in Europe almost always built on top of Pagan ritual sites?snoons@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
Repost from a little earlier because I spent too much time on my answer and I’m salty that OP deleted the thread.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoBuilding a religious site on top of an existing religious site to supplant that god or religion with another is a common strategy all throughout history all over the world, there is nothing particular to Europe or Christianity about it.
minus-squarefaintwhenfree@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoRomans did it to Greek gods, Muslims did it to Christian churches and Hindu temples. Buddhists did it to Taoist temples. It’s just how religions operate.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoromans co-opted most of the greek gods, they dint entirely supplant them.
Building a religious site on top of an existing religious site to supplant that god or religion with another is a common strategy all throughout history all over the world, there is nothing particular to Europe or Christianity about it.
Romans did it to Greek gods, Muslims did it to Christian churches and Hindu temples. Buddhists did it to Taoist temples.
It’s just how religions operate.
romans co-opted most of the greek gods, they dint entirely supplant them.