Pagan Influences on Christianity

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Religion

 

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Clarence D

 

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December 3, 2015

 

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University

 

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In fact many of the first century followers of Jesus Christ would not even recognize what we practice and do today to be Christianity. The influence of pagan customs and symbols has shaped the way we practice many of our Christian beliefs. This started back during the late first century with the early Christian church...
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In order to draw more Gentiles (pagans) into Christianity the church started to use and develop customs around pagan beliefs (Hinson, 1993). In fact the very symbol that we as Christians use to represent the death of Jesus Christ is based on pre-Christian worship of a pagan god. In Exodus 20:4 of the King James Bible (1984) it is stated, "Thou shall not make for yourself a carved image...
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