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Why do some religions die out?
It is plain that some religions die from violence while others fall prey to internal and more subtle evils. Some of them disappear before militant rivals through a process of peaceful conversion-as for example the Celtic and Teutonic religions and presumably several of the others.
When did ancient Greek religion die out?
The majority of modern historians agree that the religion practiced by the ancient Greeks had been extinguished by the 9th century CE at the latest and that there is little to no evidence that it survived (in public form at least) past the Middle Ages.
What happened to the religions of the past?
Most have faded away, their temples and statues vanished or half-sunk in the desert sand, their gods barely remembered. The religions on this list were all founded before most of the main religions of today (Christianity, Hinduism, Islam) and most of them have completely died out—although some are being revived by new practitioners.
What happened to the old Nordic religion?
The old Nordic religion (asatro) today. Thor and Odin are still going strong 1000 years after the Viking Age. Many think that the old Nordic religion – the belief in the Norse gods – disappeared with the introduction of Christianity. However, it did not, but was instead practised secretly or under a Christian cloak.
Which ancient religions are still around today?
Our previous Q and A item treated ancient Confucianism, Jainism, Shinto and Taoism, which have survived into the 21st Century but with radically diminished status. Maddie wonders why ancient Babylonian, Greek and Roman mythologies died out and Zoroastrianism has nearly disappeared while Judaism and Hinduism didn’t vanish like other ancient creeds.
How did Christianity replace other religions in ancient Greece?
Belief was bound up with idols, magic, oracles, and unappealing exertions to appease various gods. Christianity eventually supplanted the religions of the Greeks and the Romans, whose aristocracy was apparently more devoted to the officially favored faiths than the masses.