This is not an isolated method in Scripture. When the Apostle Paul stood before the philosophers on Mars Hill, he directly quoted their pagan Greek poets to make his point: "For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring" (Acts 17:28). Paul was certainly not endorsing the Greek pantheon. He was simply building a bridge of cultural accommodation to deliver the core theological message of the Gospel.
