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Julius Ceaser

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  1. In mainstream Greco-Roman religion, no. The idea was you keep the gods happy with offerings and sacrifices, and if you didn't, you would lose their favor. But not sin in the Judaic sense of arousing the wrath of one's chosen deity by transgressing one of his many laws...

     

    There were, however, off-color mystery cults that had beliefs akin to Original Sin. The Orphics come to mind. The basic idea was that that the material world was tainted or fallen or impure, and so was everything born to the world. (This was explained by a colorful myth involving Dionysus and the Titans) . The soul had to be released from the prison of one's body by whatever means, usually a combination of faith, asceticism and magic rites. The parallels with Christianity are obvious. I daresay this particular branch of Hellenic mysticism + Judaic tribal law = Christianity.

     

    So not giving offerings='sin'.

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