Pagan Origins of the Christian Faith (Phil. Daily Inquirer)

[josephdc]

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Did Christianity borrow ideas from other religions? If you're like me, you grew up thinking it didn't. We were taught Christianity began with a big bang—with Jesus. Jesus changed the world with ideas about God that were new and revolutionary.

It ain't so. Our Christianity doesn't come from Jesus and a big bang. It comes from the accumulation of legends and theologies by people who believed in Jesus. The origin of those ideas wasn't Jesus. The origin was the myths, legends, philosophies, prejudices, literature, superstitions, and primitive cosmology of ancient western culture. Christianity was a product of its time and place.

But the problem with that idea bro is that there's no evidence to support it. There are no actual parallels to Jesus' life, death and resurrection that pre-date Christianity. At best, there were only very superficial similarities, not striking ones as the film Zeitgeist would have us believe.

Peter himself said, “We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,” he declared, “but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.” (2 Pt. 1:16)

[countrykidanthony]

actually the term pagan came from the latin word meaning rustic or country dweller. it was first coined by early roman christians (atleast hundred years after the bible was compiled or after john's death). Hence paganism is a broader term consist of different traditions from celtic to greek...

Back in those days Christianity is mainly dominant in the urban areas and most people in the country side are not christians hence the word "pagan" became synonymous with "non christians". In Jesus' days and prior to Him, they were called "gentile" meaning "non jew" because the jews believe that they were the blessed and selected people of God (the root of this goes all the way back to the tower of babel. it was during that time also that multiple races was born and hence multiple belief and religion and its not surprising that even though these beliefs differ from each other, similarities still arises because each of us has a "God shaped hole" in our soul).

Then the early church was persecuted by the Romans but then later the Romans found that Christianity is a great political tool to expand their kingdom. so Roman government adapted the Christian beliefs and ever since using it to conquer foreign lands particularly rural areas.

It was also the Romans' adaptation of Christianity that Roman Catholocism was born (catholicism meaning universalism) of hope that the world may have one religion under the authority of ROme. In order for the "pagans" to adapt Christianity, the Romans adapted some of the pagan practices like Solstice Fest (which is now known as Christmas Day). If u read the bible and the description of the nativity, surely it ain't December. And they also started venerating saints as if they have authority to do so and started putting images of saints and Mary and Jesus/ Thus the ritual worship and festivities of saints (known as fiesta) was born.

And this is also the reason why the Romans have a great emphasis on Mary because she resembled a "goddess" and most pagans worship a goddess than a god.

Meanwhile the real christians went into hiding. They were not missing but they're too small that they're hardly even noticed by.

But then not all roman priests and religious authorities are politically minded. Some really thought about Jesus, God, and heaven and began taking the Bible seriously and then they find that most of the Romans practices dont coincide with what's written in the scriptures( that they themselves translated). This was also the reason why most priests of that time prohibited laymen from obtaining or reading the Bible.

And because God is alive and is working among his people, He works through men like Martin Luther and John Calvin and others ad since then, Christianity was back on track....

But then due to the pride of men and the temptation of the devil and our own blindness by bogus intellectuality, Christianity will always forever be twisted from its roots...

And we may wonder why of all religions in the world, christianity is the most opposed religion with the most twisted version by twisted people.

Well would the devil twist or destroy what' already his? of course not. So he'll go devouring and destroying his enemy. Hence he'll always be attacking christianity and his followers and would always put an impostors to lead the sheeps astray...

[countrykidanthony]

actually the term pagan came from the latin word meaning rustic or country dweller. it was first coined by early roman christians (atleast hundred years after the bible was compiled or after john's death). Hence paganism is a broader term consist of different traditions from celtic to greek...

Back in those days Christianity is mainly dominant in the urban areas and most people in the country side are not christians hence the word "pagan" became synonymous with "non christians". In Jesus' days and prior to Him, they were called "gentile" meaning "non jew" because the jews believe that they were the blessed and selected people of God (the root of this goes all the way back to the tower of babel. it was during that time also that multiple races was born and hence multiple belief and religion and its not surprising that even though these beliefs differ from each other, similarities still arises because each of us has a "God shaped hole" in our soul).

Then the early church was persecuted by the Romans but then later the Romans found that Christianity is a great political tool to expand their kingdom. so Roman government adapted the Christian beliefs and ever since using it to conquer foreign lands particularly rural areas.

It was also the Romans' adaptation of Christianity that Roman Catholocism was born (catholicism meaning universalism) of hope that the world may have one religion under the authority of ROme. In order for the "pagans" to adapt Christianity, the Romans adapted some of the pagan practices like Solstice Fest (which is now known as Christmas Day). If u read the bible and the description of the nativity, surely it ain't December. And they also started venerating saints as if they have authority to do so and started putting images of saints and Mary and Jesus/ Thus the ritual worship and festivities of saints (known as fiesta) was born.

And this is also the reason why the Romans have a great emphasis on Mary because she resembled a "goddess" and most pagans worship a goddess than a god.

Meanwhile the real christians went into hiding. They were not missing but they're too small that they're hardly even noticed by.

But then not all roman priests and religious authorities are politically minded. Some really thought about Jesus, God, and heaven and began taking the Bible seriously and then they find that most of the Romans practices dont coincide with what's written in the scriptures( that they themselves translated). This was also the reason why most priests of that time prohibited laymen from obtaining or reading the Bible.

And because God is alive and is working among his people, He works through men like Martin Luther and John Calvin and others ad since then, Christianity was back on track....

But then due to the pride of men and the temptation of the devil and our own blindness by bogus intellectuality, Christianity will always forever be twisted from its roots...

And we may wonder why of all religions in the world, christianity is the most opposed religion with the most twisted version by twisted people.

Well would the devil twist or destroy what' already his? of course not. So he'll go devouring and destroying his enemy. Hence he'll always be attacking christianity and his followers and would always put an impostors to lead the sheeps astray...

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