snoons@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 hours agoWhy are churches in Europe almost always built on top of Pagan ritual sites?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up190arrow-down1message-squareWhy are churches in Europe almost always built on top of Pagan ritual sites?snoons@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 hours agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-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-up3·5 hours 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-up1·5 hours 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.
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.