Christians: if you grew up in ancient pre-Christian Rome ...?

Question

do you accept that you would have been a "believer" of Apollo or Zeus or some other pagan God?

If so, you must surely understand that your reasons for belief in Christianity are mainly cultural and are no more or less likely to be "correct" than a belief in Roman gods.

Answer 1

I am not a Christian but I felt compelled to answer this.I think you are 100% correct.People believe whatever is presented and told is the truth of the answers to the questions that can't be answered.Why are we here?How did life come to be?Why is there day and night?Those are the kind of questions that have always been asked and there have always been people willing to answer those questions with quick and easy answers that the people will believe.The only difference today is the answers sound more logical to those who believe because they only have to follow one God.Or is that two?I forgot the whole Jesus thing.

Answer 2

My faith is based on the conviction that pierced my heart when I was first told of Christ's sacrifice for me so I can only assume that, had I heard the same message in ancient Rome that the outcome would have been exactly the same. Prior to my hearing the message, in ancient times, I probably would have been worshiping a Pagan god of some kind but this, I believe, would be a result of cultural influences rather than the former.

Blessed Be

Answer 3

Yes, I probably would have. Even if I somehow knew about Judaism, I wouldn't have necessarily followed it. Although the God portrayed in the Old Testament seems to have a higher moral standard than the rash gods of Roman mythology, He still seems quite angry and vengeful. But these are not those times, and the message of Jesus Christ is a powerful, meaningful one to me. The people of ancient Rome only practiced their religion in superficial, ritualistic ways, much like many purported "Christians" of America today. The difference between these two religions, however, is that one is meant to be put into practice and its principles applied to everyday life. Most people overlook this part of the Bible and just go to church every Sunday to worship the same God I do; however, they do this for, as you said, "mainly cultural" reasons.

Answer 4

No way! Tell me why Koreans, Chineese, Africans, etc. are Christians. People have been led by the Spirit of God over all times. Even the Jews as they were led out of Egypt had the choice of serving God Almighty or the golden calf that wrong doers produced, even in light of the miraculous manna sent to them from the heavens to feed them on a daily basis.

Answer 5

just have to coment on what the person said about ,Africans, and Japenese. They were pagan before they were
christian and alot still are. I know for a fact that Africans practiced
Voo Doo, Japenese have their gods/goddesses.
I would have to research chinese and korean tho.
Morgaine

Answer 6

Since I'm a gentile, yes, I probably wouldn't have been anything else but a pagan, I was a heathen before I got saved. I wasn't raised in a Christian home so it was a "God thing" me getting saved. So in my case someone had to witness to me about Jesus. God save those who put his faith in him before Jesus came to the earth to save the world of it's sins. It was in the workings since the beginning of time.

Answer 7

please inhale there were many christians in pre christian rome and before that read some history roman gods are no longer worshiped but christainity still does exist and has always

Answer 8

I wonder what mystical creature people will be worshopping a few thousand years from now, maybe Scientology will become mainstream.

Answer 9

My God has been worship far longer than any of those false gods

check this out

http://www.livingwaters.com/good

God bless

Answer 10

Too many Christians, too few Roman lions...lol