Religious fundamentalism through the ages

I was wondering how much of what any religious person believes is based on his surrounding environment and society. What would a religious fundamentalist from the time of the ancient Greek's and Roman's believe in? Would a fundie from that time period be all about Zues, and be absolutely certain that he was the father of the gods and threw lightning bolts from the heavens? Just as fundies today are absolutely certain of what they believe?What is the difference between an ancient and a modern fundamentalist, other than the passage of time? Time has shown that what the ancient fundamentalist beleived whole heartedly to be true, is no more than myth and legend by today's terms. And a majority of this is due to the better understanding of the natural world.What is to keep the same process from eventually claiming modern religions? Or is it just a matter of time, as it was for Zues and Thor, until modern religions are also considered myths by the massess?

Then do we agree that a worshiper of an ancient religion could be just as certain of his beleifs as a worshiper in any modern religion?If so, then that same ancient worshiper has been shown to be completely wrong about those beliefs, and what was once religion is now taught to school children as myth and legend.So why would a modern worshiper with the same certainty of belief, feel any confidence that they will not be viewed as myth or legend in the world of the future?

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What if your social pressures had been different? What if you had grown up in the Middle East instead of in the USA (just guessing based on the info under your avatar)? Do you think you might have come to a different conclusion about God, or pretty much the same as you have?

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