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What Judeo-Christian traditions went against Greco-Roman Beliefs?

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One differences in beliefs or traditions was in the perception of the Divine. The J/C traditions were a belief in only one God, while the G/R traditions believed in a pantheon of gods.
There was also the concept of the sacredness of human life. Suicide was abhorrent to the J/C culture but suicide was considered an honorable way to die in the G/R culture.

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