shapes of things

After Jesus was crucified in the hills of Golgotha​​.
His disciples began preaching to all over the world.

One of them.
He went to Greece.

What he saw in that place.
It was various statue of the gods in the shape of a human.　

"Human make the God in the shape of human.
This is a blasphemy to God.

Humans make the shape of God.
That's the mistake in the first place.
God is not any presence."

And he said to continue.

"Only one，the statue which close to presence of God in them.
It's that statue."
　
He pointed to the statue of one.
　
"To a foreign god who we never seen."
　
Such title was on its statue.
And there was nothing on top of the pedestal.
　
Were summarized quite, but I've read this story before.
(Legend?)

　
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Buddhism.

Around Fifth century BC，this religion was born in India.
But Buddha statue did not exist in Buddhism at first.
(Also picture of Buddha probably.)
　
Linden tree.(It is said that Buddha was enlightened under this tree.)
Footprints.
etc..

Buddhist represented symbolically Buddha by them.

Be represent the figure of Buddha.
It seems was to dread for Buddhists.

But around the first century CE，a revolutionary change occurred in Buddhism.
Buddha statue was born in the Gandhara region.

The Gandhara region is on northern Pakistan.
Splendid Buddhist art has blossomed at there under the influence of Greek culture.

Hellenism and Buddhism.

At about the same time with above，they met at there.

King Alexander of Macedonia.
His eastern expedition.

This was the after about 400 years of it.