Why does it seem the way of the Greek gods and our God is to punish many for the mistakes of a few? I noticed this happening in the ancient Greek literature and also in the Bible. The ultimate example of this is Adam and Eve, whom all humanity is cursed through. We also see this in the Iliad, when Paris and Helen’s decision burned all of Troy to the ground and in Oedipus, when offenses cause the whole city to be cursed and his children to be abominations, but does are God also do this?
The bible mentions many times about generational curses. I have always wondered why are loving God would punish through the generations for sin. It seems that is one similarity that he has to the Greed gods; however our God presents a choice. The children of Oedipus and Helene of Troy had no way of reaching redemption for their horrible births, because their gods offered no alternate fate. Our God does however in the form of Jesus. He offers us forgiveness of sin and freedom from bondage and generational curses. I found the verse Jeremiah 31:30 which says “Instead, everyone will die for his own sin; whoever eats sour grapes- his own teeth will be set on edge.” This shows us that children have a choice to follow in the sins of their parents or to make their own path. I wonder now if Oedipus’s children had this same choice and chose wrong or if they were destined to be bad?
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