Have you ever noticed that the gods of Greece are quite different from the Christian God? In recent readings of Mythology it has been noticed that Greek gods are different from God. There are many differences that have been found, but one of them is the grace of the gods and God. The grace of these two figures should be considered because of how people get grace, examples of grace in the Bible, and examples of grace in mythology books. The first reason why the grace of the higher powers should be noticed is because of how people get grace. The Greek gods are more harsh on giving grace to people. There are many stories about the gods hurting their followers until they give them something, and then they show them mercy. One story is when the Greek army was on their way to fight Troy and one of their soldiers kills a bunny and her young. Athena gets mad at the Greek army and sets a storm upon them, which they can’t through. Instead of just giving them mercy and grace even when they pray and plead for her to stop, she doesn’t stop until a human sacrifice is made. Athena didn't show mercy until a sacrifice is made, and this is usually how the Greek gods work. The Christian God is more lenient on who he gives grace …show more content…
Even though the god’s don’t show a great amount of grace, they have still given grace in some stories. One story is when man becomes corrupt, so Zeus floods the earth. Zeus saves Prometheus, Prometheus’s son, and cousin. All the other humans were killed in the flood. This shows the god’s grace because Zeus could have killed everyone, but he saved those three people because he found favor in them. This is also like a story of God’s grace that was mentioned earlier. The story of the family and the flood that God casted on the earth because the earth turned wicked. This shows that the gods and God’s grace are similar in some