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-squareApytele@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoMy (shorter) answer: the same reason the Romans called both Isis and Aphrodite Venus (and they tried to roll Jesus into Dionysus / Bacchus interestingly enough).
My (shorter) answer: the same reason the Romans called both Isis and Aphrodite Venus (and they tried to roll Jesus into Dionysus / Bacchus interestingly enough).