Reply to Can someone who knows about Christian history please answer these questions.

Forum Index » Religion

Reply to "Can someone who knows about Christian history please answer these questions. "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am curious about what prompted early Christians to follow the religion. I am not into the spiritual issues, but more the social side. What forces would make someone adopt the religion under the threat of death from the Romans. I have read some, but I have not found any objective discussion about it.
I know that before Christ, people were looking at Judaism as an option. Practices like circumcision and kosher food put many off, then along came Paul who "marketed" the faith in a simpler way 
What was the need that Christianity filled?[/quote]

The romans were  open and welcoming to a variety of religions, including Judaism, Christianity and  pagan religions.  Things only got bad for the Christians when they demanded that they were the only true religion.[/quote]
Not true. The Romans believed the emperor was God. The emperor also believed this. But Christians worshipped Christ as God and so were seen as a threat. The difference between the emperor and Christ, of course, is that Christ actually was God. [/quote]

All the other religions that people believed in had their own god or gods and the Romans didn't care about them.  But pp's attitude shows what bugged the romans -- the Christians insisted that theirs was the only "true" religion.  2,000 years later, pp is still trying to impose her god on others.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics