Christianity a pagan religion....?

Question

just wondering how many heads will start spinning..:)

Answer 1

the first and original Christians were all Jews and one had to be a Jew and adhere to Hebrew law in order to be a Christian. Paul changed all that by undermining Hebrew law in order to make it easier to convert Gentiles (apparently few Gentiles found circumcision alluring). the Pagan elements began to be added after Constantine converted to Christianity and spread it by force with his armies. with the absorption of each conquered native culture Christianity morphed as much into Paganism and Paganism morphed into Christianity.

Answer 2

Christmas is of pagan origins

Sunday is of pagan origins

Easter is of pagan origins

The cross is a pagan holy symbol

Sunrise services has a pagan origin

Lent has pagan origins.

A celebate clergy has pagan origins

All of this against the clear commands not to do it.

Claims the law their God gave them has been done away and replaced with a love they can't even begin to understand because they don't know the Law teaches them how to love.

Claims the Sabbath the day that Yahshua is Lord of has been done away.

Claims the Holy days that Yahshua and the 12 and Paul alll kept and that Paul commanded the church to keep (at least one anyway being passover.) have been done away.

Claims belief in a hell that doesn't exist in the scriptures for sinners and a heaven that doesn't exist for saints both pagan concepts and deny what the scripture says is the real reward of bothe groups

It certainly has a lot of pagan customs that are fully accepted and a lot of Gods commands neglected by the majority. You decide.

Answer 3

Actually I have heard that before. I mean Christianity started from the Pagan religions. Many holidays that Christians celebrate were already celebrated by Pagans but were called by other names. Why not call it what it is. A spin off of Pagans.

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Answer 4

If you count catholocism as Christianity, which it isn't, then you can make strong case for answering yes. From the medieval Rennaisance periods, the church has adopted many pagan symbols which are evident in the architecture of the cathedrals and even inside the buildings themselves. As for doctrine, no true Christian church has adopted anything of paganism despite all the claims to the contrary. If anything, most of the worlds religions modelled themselves after Christianity. Again, taking catholocism as an example, they have this ongoing thing for Mary worship. As you already know, their churches are replete with statues of Mary and the "holy" child (another story altogether) on her lap. Around 90AD, religious agents of Rome sent emmissaries to as many foreign lands as possible to spread the fledgling and pagan inspired religion of catholocism. They had alot of success in China because to this very day, the Chinese worship "Ming-Shoo"-the mother of GOD!!!!! They have the exact same thing, just different. Mother and child and all that nonsense. But no, true Christianity is not a religion and was never meant to be.

Answer 5

Think of this:
The ancient pagan celebrations for seasons were here way before the religious holidays were.
Easter was originated from Oester, goddess of dawn, to celebrate the spring equinox.
Christmas originated from the celebration of "the death of the earth" (winter solstice) which so happens to land on the same day as Jesus' birthday.

There have been many pagan goddesses that were virgins but gave birth to a son.
There have been many pagan gods that died and resurrected 3 days later... Including the "sun" god.

Sunday originally received its name as the day of worshipping the sun...

These are all pagan myths and celebrations way before Christianity.
It wasnt until "man" decided that paganism was wrong and merely copied the myths and incorporated them into the bible.

Anyone who absolutely believes the bible word for word needs to study a little bit farther in history before they start putting judgement against anyone elses beliefs.

Answer 6

Christianity is a belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the redeemer of mankind. It is not a religion in itself. Religions have taken their practices from many places and although I am not familiar enough with pagan practices to make a comparison, I would not be at all surprised if some pagan traditions are included in various religious traditions of today. I am a Christian by my own defination but do not believe in or practice a particular denomination or religion.

Answer 7

Pagan Trinity
If the Trinitys roots are pagan - Then why do most Christians believe in it?
Historically, Father-Mother-Child was much older wide-spread trinity. The Christian doctrine of the trinity -- Father, Son, and Holy Ghost -- was not formalized until the 4th or 5th century C.E., yet the historical concept of a triune deity is much older than that, with evidence dating from the 7th millennium B.C.E. Even in early Christianity, this trinity had a female member, the Holy Ghost. As recorded in the scriptures of early Christians, the Gnostic scriptures, The Holy Ghost was envisioned as Sophia, the Goddess of Wisdom (C *). The Holy Ghost's symbol, a dove, is an ancient Goddess symbol, well-known in the days of early Christianity, as was the concept of Wisdom as female, Sophia. Father, Mother and Child (often a Savior-Son) is an ancient trinity, naturally reflected in the world around us.

Maiden, Mother and Crone -The oldest known trinity, is based on real-life cycles: youth, the maiden; fullness of life, the mother; elder years, the crone.

Answer 8

Yes, christianity is an ancient Pagan religion in new clothes. For an in depth and surprisingly unbiased comparison I recommend:

http://www.medmalexperts.com/POCM/

Answer 9

well,you know,when you say christianity you say the very oposite of pagan.
It is true that there are some pagan traditions but the christianity itself is not pagan

Answer 10

Before Christians, there was no religion that called other religions "Pagan", so no.