ATHENS -- Centuries after it crumbled into disuse, the Roman-era Temple
of Olympian Zeus in Athens Sunday resounded again with ancient Greek
chants as a group of tunic-clad worshipers gathered to pray for a
peaceful hosting of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Flouting a ban from the Greek culture ministry - which forbids
ceremonies of any sort at archaeological sites - some 30 worshipers
chanted odes to Zeus, Aphrodite, and other ancient Greek gods with
dozens of startled tourists watching, and a small number of police
stationed nearby.
Greek cult holds forbidden ceremony at Zeus temple
Modernism, sophistication, or all the alleged prowess of the
scientific mind can't keep humanity from its eager embrace of paganism.
The old adage about not believing in the one true God holds true.
Outside the safety of the God of the Bible, a man will believe anything.
of Olympian Zeus in Athens Sunday resounded again with ancient Greek
chants as a group of tunic-clad worshipers gathered to pray for a
peaceful hosting of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Flouting a ban from the Greek culture ministry - which forbids
ceremonies of any sort at archaeological sites - some 30 worshipers
chanted odes to Zeus, Aphrodite, and other ancient Greek gods with
dozens of startled tourists watching, and a small number of police
stationed nearby.
Greek cult holds forbidden ceremony at Zeus temple
Modernism, sophistication, or all the alleged prowess of the
scientific mind can't keep humanity from its eager embrace of paganism.
The old adage about not believing in the one true God holds true.
Outside the safety of the God of the Bible, a man will believe anything.
