This subject generated a few more questions.
1. I believe that TRUE christianity is what Christ taught... what is backed up by bible facts not what some man standing on a stage tells me.
2. Also, as far as pagan beliefs being adopted by christians in the bible- this is true but it was not what Moses, Abraham, John, Paul, Peter practiced. They shunned the pagan beliefs and refused to be a part of this. They stayed true to what was original. These were TRUE christians.
2007-04-05 08:59:23 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's nice that they did that but when they left the world stage the Roman Catholic Church took over and their main desire was money. To get converts meant to get money.
So they came up with allowing and even sanctioning into the church pagan doctrines and philosphecys.
None of the early christians celebrated birthdays and especially not Jesus. But they had sun worship and it had to come in somewhere so it became jesus birthday and he was the sun god they worshipped complete with the evergreen and candles and balls and the whole nine yards.
Then there was the sex worshippers and this goddess of Easter, the bunny and the colored eggs and orgies and the whole nine yards the church sanctioned that.
They believed that the good live forever and the bad die.
But the church came up with a burning firey hell and pregatory and suffering for the majority of man kind.
So you better give all your money to them.
Just listen to TV evangelists. To hear them talk if you don't worship them your not going to heaven and give them your money or go to hell.
It is all a money making thing and stupid people makes them all millionaires or worshipped more than God the pope is.
2007-04-05 09:09:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Here is my retort to your question (?)
1. It is a good thing not to take what the person in the
pulpit as "Gospel" but to compare it with scripture to make
certain that it is true. On the other hand, if you are looking
to make the Bible fit what your outlook is or into what
makes you comfortable you are on dangerous ground.
2. You say that pagan beliefs were not adopted into Christian
lifestyles, right? Well, what do you do with the scriptures
that speak to christians eating meat sacrificed to idols?
Paul did not say that it was neccessarily bad. In fact, the
only rebuke he gave was to Peter who was inconsistent in
when he would eat such things.
I'm confident that since you answer to no man and can interpret scripture w/o the help of some person in the pulpit you will adequately be able to answer this contradiction to your ideology.
Good luck.
2007-04-05 09:11:12 · answer #2 · answered by Bud 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Many if not all of the religious holidays we celebrate today come from the pagan beliefs. Churches now cover up their celebrating of Halloween by having Hallelujah Nights. The OT had a list of true Christian Holidays that few religions now keep nor know anything about. You bring a valid point to the discussion.
2007-04-05 09:06:57 · answer #3 · answered by Pastor D 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well- Christ wasn't born on Dec 25th.
It was to compete directly against the pagan holiday of the winter solstice.
2007-04-05 09:02:29 · answer #4 · answered by Morey000 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Moses and Abraham were Christians? Wow.
2007-04-05 09:03:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
The typical church has it wrong. Also, the word cult has many definitions, depending on the perspective. Being included in a group of people who regularly attend baseball games in America could be considered cultic.
2016-05-18 00:04:33 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity itself is the end result of the Greek Hellenization of the Jewish culture.
To Sun: Moses and Abraham were Hebrew, not Jewish.
2007-04-05 09:04:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
faith is always effected by culture - not matter the time - "pagan" simply implied a culture that was outside the church - and in reality it effected the church - this can also be said of the vistorian age, the industrial age, the modern age and now as we enter the post-modern age this age will also effect the church - it is how it is :D
2007-04-05 10:32:18 · answer #8 · answered by John O'Keefe 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible only gives us a small glimpse of the disciples' lives, so I don't think we can ever really know what they did or didn't do on a daily basis, for their entire lives. Therefore, I think it's unfair to say they were true christians and other people are not.
2007-04-05 09:06:01 · answer #9 · answered by beattyb 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The OT is filled with stories taken from other beliefs and cultures. The flood for one
2007-04-05 09:11:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋