How do Christians explain the close similarity between Christianity and its immediate predecessor, Mithraism?
The pagan influence fallacy is committed when one charges that a particular religion, belief, or practice is of pagan origin or has been influenced by paganism and is therefore false, wrong, tainted, or to be repudiated. In this minimal form, the pagan influence fallacy is a subcase of the genetic fallacy, which improperly judges a thing based on its history or origins rather than on its own merits (e.g., “No one should use this medicine because it was invented by a drunkard and adulterer”). Very frequently, the pagan influence fallacy is committed in connection with other fallacies, most notably the post hoc ergo proper hoc (“After this, therefore because of this”) fallacy—e.g., “Some ancient pagans did or believed something millennia ago, therefore any parallel Christian practices and beliefs must be derived from that source.” Frequently, a variant on this fallacy is committed in which, as soon as a parallel with something pagan is noted, it is assumed that the pagan counterpart is t
there has been many pagan customs and ceremonies adopted by religion and christianized.Worshiping on the day of the sun god is one.The bible does not say that this replaced sabbath.only that christians were meeting for fellowship and meals on this day as well.Christ mass(winter solstice)was a pagan feast day as well as the the celebration of istar(easter) for resurrection day.Why isnt this celebrated after passover if Jesus was crucified and resurrected at this time?The answer is the roman church was trying to distance itself from jewish practice and the other denominations adopted her position.Rather then follow the scriptures.
You are close. It is Roman Catholicism that has ripped of Mithraism. Catholicism is not Christian, it is paganism with a Christian facade. the early church never practice the paganistic customs found in Christianity today. However, this was all prophesied in the Bible. This is something that atheists and fellow Christians do not understand. Second coming Christ has come to restore all truth as prophesied in the Bible.
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