What things in Christianity, Judeism, and Islam can your recognize as incorporation of prior paganism?

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This isn't a question about judging any religion! It's about traditions. Faith is a different matter entirely.

Answer 1

the burning of insence at a catholic mass.
walking the perimiter of the church with the insence.
the ritual use of candles.
the use of an altar to hold sacred items.
the use of ritual garb for the preacher/priest and his attendents.
the decoration of an evergreen tree for a holisay celebration.
the hiding of eggs for a holiday celebration.
the heavy use of frankensence and mirrh.
the belief in a triune god.
the belief that gods come to walk as men to teach us.
the ringing of bells to start and end rituals.
feasting as a holiday celebration.
the use of bread and wine as an offering or representation to or of a god.
bar mitsva and "Manhood" rights for the children.
singing praise to a god.
ritualistic dancing.
making sacrifice in the form of offerings to god.

do i have to go on here?

Answer 2

Several Christian Holidays are Pagan Holidays changed to have Christian meaning. No one knows when Jesus was born, So Christmas is celebrated the day after the Winter Solstice, which was a time of pagan celebration. This was not the incorporation of pagan ideas into Christianity, but the Christianizing of pagan religions.
Some groups grew in the early church that were based in paganism. Gnosticism for example was the belief that matter is pure evil and the spirit is purely good, which was rooted in some pagan cults. The monothiestic religions are pretty intolerant of other gods by defintion, and are resitent to incorperation of paganism. Judaism was the first religion and if anything paganism can trace roots from it.

Answer 3

The need to worship as a group, giving up individual belief to compromise one's own understanding of the divine to be in a group for social/psychological reasons tie all religions together. Group worship and the power given by an organized religion to some special shamans/priests/mullahs, etc., has kept the majority of people held down through giving over of authority over the many to the few. The fact that this phenomenon still exists and so many seek it out implies that we aren't truly ready for self rule yet.

Answer 4

Immaculate birth. Hercules. Greek.

Christmas and Easter, Celtic. Christmas was actually Midwinter (a solstice). A time of gift giving. Easter was Eostre in celebration of the pagan fertility goddess.

There are many many more but I don't feel like searching for everything and then typing it out. Google it.

Answer 5

No, Allah of the Koran and God of the Bible are no longer an identical. One question. Why could God come into the worldwide as a guy and let us know to look for the dominion of God and then six hundred years later let us know an entire new gospel? have you ever examine the Koran? it rather is like an angel is conversing and not God or Muhammad. And a fallen angel called Lucifer at that. He speaks of beginning the chest to get some thing carried out. Lucifer the easy bearer had stones upon his chest. So needless to say angels have comparable stones to the intense Priest interior the temple of Herod. Christianity and Judaism stick to an identical God, yet fairly some the Jews do no longer comprehend Jesus because of the fact the Lord walking the earth in flesh. Paul suggested they have been partly blinded till the Gentiles are available in. i've got self belief we are seeing a brilliant many Muslims turning from Islam to Christianity. that's the Lord Jesus who changes the hearts and minds. Christ is making Himself straightforward to the Muslims. whilst Christ starts making Himself straightforward to the Jews they are going to be weeping because of the fact they're going to weep for Christ like they could weep for an purely toddler. Jesus suggested that He does no longer return till they suggested, "Blessed is he who's accessible interior the call of the Lord."

Answer 6

All are theistic mythologies. Paganism was polytheistic and the three contemporary religions cited are essentially monotheistic, although various saints and prophets tend to be surrogates for the other gods in a polytheistic mythological grouping.

Answer 7

we're social beings. we're affected and influenced by our environments. The East was cluttered with multiple religious and social traditions for milleniums. yes, there are multiple influences on every cultural tradition including religion.

Answer 8

1. Use of beads or rosary in prayer
2. Holidays used in worship/ only celebration Christians were
Commanded to celebrate was Jesus Death, not his birth.
out of those that is it

Answer 9

We know Catholics turned Xmas and Easter into Christian traditions which is EXCEllent!!

Answer 10

the core concept of a sacrifice to atone for sins.