Pythagoreans celebrating the sunrise by Fyodor Bronnikov. Image source: Wikipedia
Christianity was (supposedly) introduced to the Greeks by Paul The Apostle when he visited Athens during one of his visits to Greece and was allowed to preach in the Aeropagus, according to Acts 17:16-32 ([1])[1]. When the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers heard of resurrection of the dead, their reaction was sneering and a good dose of sarcasm (Acts 17:32).
In addition to Athens, Paul visited many different cities of Greece, such as Corinth, Thessalonica and Berea, from where he was chased out almost violently, so Paul's doctrine did not quite find fertile ground until Constantine (The "Great") ([2]) reverted to Christianity and made the new doctrine the official religion of the Roman Empire ([3]).
Of course, it would have probably been impossible for this emperor to do this, unless the dogma had either been silently propagated behind everyone's back's for 200-300 years throughout the entire empire or some sort of force was used. The problem was that Greece was now part of the Roman empire[2] and it really had no say or choice on the dogma's spread, because the descendants of The Ancients were now more of a minority to the vast domain of the Roman Empire at around 300AD[3].
Although some major Christian apologists and church fathers were of Greek origin, the dogma itself remained a completely foreign import to the Ancient Greek Spirit and as such, I feel that it needs some careful justification in lieu of some famous modern tradition, which, for better or worse, inherently ties the (whatever remaining) Greeks with this religion.
Today, modern Greece is officially a "Christian" nation, so a certain assimilation must have occurred during these early (and later) years with most historians thinking that the assimilation that took place was that of Christianity assimilating the (remaining) Greeks.
In reality the assimilation that took place was the Greek language assimilating the Christian dogma instead, as the language had reached its developmental peak and was now (then) a viable tool for the dogma's further expansion. Witness the more "authoritarian" Koine-Greek New Testament versions.
The linguistic assimilation happened naturally and in a benign way, but there was another assimilation that happened unnaturally and by force. The conversion of the local populace to Christianity. This is not so well known, but anyone with sufficient access to the first church council synod writings and decrees, can examine the writings of the then "Christians" with respect to those who wanted to preserve Hellenism and the Ancient Greek Spirit[4]. The "Christians" went so far as to torture people in unimaginable ways, sometimes in worse ways than those of the inquisition, giving them the option to "convert or die". All this, in addition to the massive destruction of buildings, monuments and Greek temples, labelled as "pagan" and thus dangerous[5] at the time of Justinian, for example. The more famous remnant of these actions is the actual banning of the Olympic Games, for hundreds of years, until they were resurrected in modern Greece, in 1896, after the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire.
In addition to the extensive and methodical forceful coercion, several (modern and not) dissertations also attempted to reconcile many elements of the Ancient Greek philosophy and Spirit with the new Christian dogma and indeed some have done so, quite successfully[6].
Although some of the more famous Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists such as Anaxagoras, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle etc. were not really atheists in the modern sense of the word[7], this tenuous connection was implicitly raised and manipulated to make it look like the Ancient Greek Spirit was a major precursor of Christian Theism, as much as ridiculous this is.
The important point here is that an explicit manipulation was performed by some of the church fathers, who tried to "justify" the Christian dogma on the basis that The Ancients were "sort of" pre-confirming it, with their stances/philosophies.
The above is of course a major travesty. The Greeks were never obsessed with the metaphysical side of The Universe, precisely because they had science of the highest level at their disposal, which explained just about everything. Science which allowed for example Archimedes to do such things as elementary integration of non-elementary curves[8] or to calculate the volume of the Earth and the distance between Earth and Sun and science which allowed Aristarchus of Samos to present a heliocentric system[9] and predict solar eclipses.
The point of all this is not to present a grand parade of Ancient Greek scientists and philosophers who knew pretty much science to the highest standards that their age and times allowed, rather, to make a very simple point: Similarly to how today, when our science has reached comparable levels of expertise, we don't consider ridiculous religious positions as intellectually-developed/advanced, we cannot consider this grand nonsense, called the Bible and Christian dogma to have affected in the least, minds, people and nations who had performed such incredible feats of science, like The Ancient Greeks. Plainly put: Advanced scientific societies do not need religious dogmas, except, possibly, for entertainment purposes.
Therefore, an impasse is reached: Since today we, as descendants of the Ancient Greeks, call ourselves "Christians" (officially or otherwise), either we are not the descendants of the Ancient Greeks or a major joke has been (or is still being) played on our backyard. It may not be an exclusive, either/or, mind you. This author tends to believe that a mixture of both has taken place: There is a continuous lineage of certain genes between modern Greeks and their ancestors which can be verified using biology for a large part of the Balkans[10], so the joke theory appears to weigh a little more: A certain "dumbing down" of sorts has occurred with modern Greece[11], which was the result not only of the natural deterioration or assimilation of the superb genes of the Ancients, but also the result of an explicit attempt by the Jewish memeplexes who initiated and propagated this totally dangerous plague, called Christianity. Most notably, the work of Saul of Tarsus.
The Christian doctrine is the most nauseating, disgusting, abominable and virulent creation that I have seen, ever in my life and in all of history. It's so disgusting in fact, that even the memeplexes who created it and initiated it and later caused its methodical spread, have been rejected even by the Jews themselves. The Christian doctrine is a persistent, recurrent and virulent plague or disease of the weaker minds, hence it can be used as the ultimate weapon by power-hungry people. And that's exactly what it was used for, throughout history: The Jews not only manufactured this weapon, they also promptly and diligently distanced themselves from it, in order to not suffer the very serious repercussions and consequences from its use to control the masses. It's no wonder they have such a bad reputation internationally and certainly no wonder something like The Holocaust happened.
The Christian dogma was an intentionally designed, low-level, absurdist and barbaric doctrine, aimed to undermine the principles of reason, science and methodology of the Ancient Greek Spirit and to replace it with a sick and perverted social mind-set, a mind-set where one's whole existence depends on invocations, incantations, prayers and a complete subservience to a fictional Jewish volcano-god and his non-existent insane "son", who was supposedly crucified to save humanity.
It replaced correct philosophical reason and scientific thought with the philosophy of the average, the mediocre, the non-excellent and the provably insane, as a way to salvage and glorify the incompetence, stupidity and lameness of the average communal loser, who thinks that submitting to this doctrine is some sort of guarantee for a metaphysical reward with promises about an absurdist and non-existent afterlife[23].
The colossal stupidity of this virulent doctrine is becoming even more evident and persistent today as a function of time, since no single person has ever escaped death since its inception, despite the supposed Jesus' words to the contrary. Yet, people continue to hope for this "eternal life" and continue believing its nonsense, despite having not one iota of evidence for its existence. The believers of this doctrine, believe in a fraudulent lie, voluntarily. Tells you something about the "intelligence" of the doctrine's followers.
As such, this doctrine is almost fair retribution for the truly stupid, for only a truly stupid human will fall prey to its disgusting premises and promises.
As if the fact that this disgusting dogma is a mental disease was not enough, it also has an associated physical disease with it, a disease which is meant for Christians, by the abominable so-called "Jewish God" of this atrocious dogma: Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS). It is a disease which has appeared many times in European history, some times under the guise of the more generic term "plague", other times as "leprosy", and yet other times as HS. This disease is an incurable, ugly, disgusting, abominable and infinitely tormenting skin condition, which is the worst possible torment a human can go through. It is worse than any kind of Hell promised by the disgusting doctrine itself. Wait: Let me rephrase that: This disease is the Hell the Christian dogma is advocating for non-believers(!). Be very careful, lest that nobody deceives you: Declaring faith in the Christian domain, is virtually synonymous to playing Russian-roulette with this infinitely tormenting disease. Don't think that just because you don't have it now you are safe. It may strike at any time and, believe me, if and when it hits you, you'll want to beg?, no... pray?, no... ask for mercy?, no... sell your soul to the Devil to get rid of it? Too bad it's incurable, so you won't be able to, so the only way to continue would be to endure its torment, which includes family oustings, family breakings, societal and parental bond breakage, etc. etc. A torment which will slowly, steadily and surely bring you to the verge of suicide, sooner or later. Consider this a friendly warning of sorts[22].
As a Greek (whether a true or a bogus[21] descendant of the Ancients), I feel insulted, disgusted, nauseated and severely damaged from being raised up in a country which calls itself Greece[12], yet officially adheres and teaches its people this disgusting doctrine of fraud, lies and mythical fairy tales called "Christianity"[13][14][15], which originated in a foreign nation[16] with a disgusting and barbaric history and theology of lies, mysticism, fraud, masochism, misogyny and misanthropy, which worships a bloodthirsty tyrant non-existent volcano god called Jehovah[17].
The Christian doctrine has transformed most of the population of modern Greece into a nation of subservient, god-fearing, illiterate idiots and morons, who now confuse "tradition" with this judeo-christian philosophical excrement and actually feel proud(!) being part of it, considering parts of it their own!
Apparently these people (the Jews) have been so continuously victimized historically by their own insane tradition, myths and lies to such an extent, that they couldn't help but spread their religious garbage throughout the known world at an alarming rate. If I was a Jew, I'd be ashamed of being a Jew, if only for the damage and cultural and intellectual rape that these people have caused to humanity in toto with all their Judaic traditions and the Abrahamic religions they have generated[18].
"Christian Greek" is an oxymoron to true Greeks, in a similar way "Jewish Philosopher" is[19], as is Greek of any absurd religion imposed on free-thinking scientific minds, except the original, most beautiful and most powerful tradition, the one under whose auspices the Greeks achieved their highest degree of development, scientific and otherwise: The Gods of Greece[20].
