christians..will you ever acknowledge that your religion is hugely based on paganism..lots of borrowed stuff?

Answer 1

That only applies to false religion, not true religion that shuns pagan teachings.

Answer 2

Absolutely. Easter = Ishtar, goddess of fertility. Christmas falling around the Roman festival of Saturnalia. Halloween and all the things associated with it. All of these things are pagan traditions, and no one who has done any research on their origins would say otherwise.

However, the teachings of Jesus Christ, the foundation of our religion, has nothing to do with the holidays.

Things like loving your enemies, meek inheriting the earth, salvation through faith and not by ceremony, and much of the other beliefs of the Twelve and of the 1st Century church were rather original.

There are things that do bear similarities to pagan religions, such as the halo resembling Mayan sun-disks, that could not have been transferred, since Christians did not discover them until hundreds of years after their original usage.

Also most of Christianity is based on Jewish faith and tradition. The method of atonement by blood comes from the Levitical laws, the feasts and celebrations, the qualities of God, and most of the teachings to the early church were merely interpretations of the Torah and Talmud with the inclusion of a Messiah.

Did modern Christianity borrow things from the people that joined it? Absolutely. Synchrotism is unavoidable. Was it founded on pagan faiths and rituals? Not in the least. It was founded on the monotheistic religion of Judaism, and considered the messages of the prophets fulfilled.

Christianity is a Jewish cult. Not a pagan cult.

Answer 3

Pagans believe everything has a spirit and christians dont so your wrong on that one fella. Also Christians have taken what has happened in history that other religions acknowledge has happened so if somethings true then why rubbish it just because another religion also says its true. Were not Islamist only accepting some rubbish wrote from a smackhead in the 1960s.

Answer 4

"Actually, Christianity is based on the Bible, not Paganism. You might try researching some of the Christian practices and compare them to Bible teachings."

Try comparing some of the Bible verses to some Paganistic beliefs/teachings/etc. There are a great deal of similarities.

Modern day holidays are mostly based off of ancient pagan holidays. Halloween/All Hallow's Eve/All Saints Day is based off of Samhain; Christmas based off of Yule [ever wonder why some say "Yuletide greetings"?]; Easter based off of Ostara to name a few examples.

A lot of Pagan history was rewritten by Christian followers, and lost in time. Same thing happened with the stories within the Bible.

Answer 5

A lot of Christians do understand that there is a lot of paganism in their faith r.e. ceremonies and festivals, but these have been added by the State long after the basics of Christianity were formed, and these additions were made to make the faith more acceptable to the population as it replaced paganism as the State religion.

It's false to say it's BASED on paganism, as it's based on the Jewish faith.

Answer 6

Hi...i know what you are trying to say but your wrong to say our 'religion' as you call it is based hugely on paganism. We base our beliefs on Christ's birth, death, and Resurrection....having said that the borrowed stuff you refer to is probably correct..although i don't know specifically what your referring to, but i guess it's things like Easter, some Celtic symbols,( which i love )( spirals, signifying new birth, or rebirth )----there's probably more---
So yes i do acknowledge you are partly correct..but we do know who we worship, and He is The Lord Jesus Christ.... : )
Shalom

Answer 7

Christianity not only borrows from paganism but other religeons ie virgin births, homage paid by kings, these come from Hellenic religeons. But what you have to remember is that the bible is a work of fiction, historically wrong. faith is merely belief without evidence. Richard Dawkins is correct when he says that the Abrahmic god is mysoginistic, infanticidal, jealous, meglamaniacal, homophobic, sado-masochistic etc etc. An altogether odious deity to believe in and worship.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Your question only goes to prove that you, like many others, do not understand what Christianity is all about. Born again Christians follow the pattern set by Jesus lifestyle and words and guidance by the Holy Spirit...nothing more, nothing less..........
Best wishes, Mike.

Answer 10

They're evading the issue, most of them. The figure of Christ is nothing more than the old middle-eastern Vegetation God, variously known as Dumuzi, Tammuz, Adonis, etc. This god represents corn. The corn grows -- the corn is cut down -- the seed is sown -- the corn grows up again. For a largely agrarian society this yearly cycle of death and resurrection is of paramount importance. Not for nothing is Christ depicted as saying that bread was his flesh.

Answer 11

Actually, Christianity is based on the Bible, not Paganism. You might try researching some of the Christian practices and compare them to Bible teachings.