Does it make sense the Christianity could be so similar to the pagan religions of its earliest days?

Question

and not be based on the same false premises?

http://www.findyourfate.com/deathmeter/religion-death.htm

Answer 1

That link scares me.

But, many Christian practices are taken from Pagan rituals and Holidays. We're just unoriginal.

Answer 2

I think what's happened is that the Trinity doctrine has turned Christianity into a pyramid cult. Even before it became official dogma, 1 Corinthians 5:1 talks about a family threesome in the congregation.
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man has his father's wife. And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this?

So therefore, due to the fact that idolising three doesn't work in real life families, nor do cultic ideas, Christians look to the pagans for inspiration, instead of their own Lord. Revelation 13 appears to be talking about Christian cults as a dragon-voiced lamb. They deceive the inhabitants of the earth into making an image of the beast (the government) so as to worship it. This is how mythology works. It puts all the power in the psychic image. The government actually works for the people in the ways described in Romans 13 - it administers taxes and makes crooks scared. It doesn't work by trying to maintain the right "look" although there's a lot of pressure on everybody to do that. If you look at how Samuel chose David as the future king of Israel, it had nothing to do with the outer appearance. Apparently, he wasn't very tall at that age, unlike King Saul when he was anointed.

So what does pagan religion look like, seeing as "pagus" means "a district limited by markers" similar to the way that services are administered depending on where you live. According to Matthew 6, the religion has something to do with chasing food. I don't think that Christianity in the main has that problem. According to 1 Corinthians 11, it's the ones who have God's favour in the congregation who tend to stay hungry, but 3 John 7 says that pagans don't help Christians (probably because their method of agency is totally different) and Matthew 6:33 says that God provides. Matthew 25 says that this comes from those who Jesus approves of.

Answer 3

No. Pagans were pagans and still are. Christianity is based on an entirely different set of rules. Pagan gods were made up because of fear and the fear of natural events that the pagans thought were being caused by something or someone. Thunder, lightening, earthquakes, volcano's, floods, fires, and related natural events lead to the belief in pagan gods. If this can be put into context and time frame, people had little, if any real knowledge as to any natural events, the good was just there, and the bad was just there.
So when bad things happened people believed that a god or god was angry and caused these things to happen to punish humans.

This is no different today in human nature, all people want to put fault onto something for the bad that happens and give thanks when they don't happen.

This is not what Christianity is about. Christianity is based on a real person, the son of God, that proved himself to be what and who he said he was. And, although the Bible may contain some errors, ( of course it was written by men ), still the history is correct. The life and times of Jesus is well documented. His death is well documented. His Resurrection, also well documented. And even those in history that had him crucified, agree that he was a real person. And a threat to their pagan way of thinking. Which is the real reason he was put to death.

Answer 4

It is your premise that is false, because it denies the authentic power of the one, true God.

Except for a few Jewish converts, most all the original Christians were originally pagans.

God is the one who transforms, according to his grace, and once a soul is converted, it is no longer pagan.

Answer 5

Yes it does, they were trying to make it easy to convert the pagan to the one god way. They based their holidays around the pagans, and used many similar practices. Catholics drink wine, have bread, and burn frankinsence and myrrh. They used this as a way to convert.. the similarities are endless when comparing..

Answer 6

Christianity is Paganism in disguise. The virgin birth, the baptism, the Eucharist, the offer of salvation, the crucifixion, and the resurrection. Christianity does not come from God, but from a stew of pagan ideas and concepts

Answer 7

Let me put this to you another way .... if every single religion from the days of ancients until today says the exact same thing, doesn't that make it MORE believable than less?

Answer 8

No it makes no sense that the Christians took pieces from a religion that they them self called false. A bit hypocritical if you ask me.

Answer 9

most of christianity stemmed from paganism, including the idea of the birth of a god by a virgin mother, easter, christmas, and much more

Answer 10

Yes, just look at history.
But this doesn't change my beliefs as a Christian.