Comment on Tebow’s on-field relationship with Jesus neither exclusive, nor new (Denver Post)
“Until the late 1800s, Christians had looked on athletic activity as frivolous
and vain and were wary of its roots in Greek pagan culture and gods.”
This is historically inaccurate. The Byzantine Empire, which is the closest
thing the world has ever had to a purely Christian “nation”, had horse racing
and other sports for centuries. Further sports were played through out Weterm
Europe.
Perhaps it would have been better to say that “Untill the late 1800′s
Protestant Christians in parts of Europe and what was to become the United
States were wary of its roots in Greek pagan culture and God’s.” that would
certainly be more historically accurate.
History channel – Engineering an Empire – Greek Byzantium 1/5
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