Christianity is the world’s most followed religion, but it was not always that way. Originally, followers were commonly persecuted. Christianity began with emperor Constantine of the Roman empire legalizing the practices of Christianity, most likely for the support from the Christians. Constantine furthered the spread of Christianity by converting to Christian on his deathbed, and regardless of his reasoning, this was the beginning of what turned Christianity into the world’s most commonly practiced religion. Christianity has been affecting the world for the past 2000 years and while there have been negative affects, a majority of the effects have been positive. One area of positive effects that Christianity has provided is human value. A
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“By teaching the equality of all men before God, Christianity laid the groundwork for the rise of a belief in equality of all before the law”, which is exactly what democracy is. Democracy was set by Puritan pilgrims in New England, who ran their church democratically, which led to America being a democracy. A type of democracy was also seen in early christianity. Whereas now in democracy it says all people are the same and receive the same rights, with the requirement of being a citizen, Christianity had similar values. Christianity said that it did not matter what you were and who you were, but as long as you were a follower of Christ, you would receive the full benefits of what the religion has promised. Christians taught that in the sight of God, “that all souls were equal, that every human life was sacrosanct and inviolate”, and democracy has promised similar things. While Christianity has always been pro democracy, it has been know to be anti tyrant, or monarch. Christianity is not only for the masses and not only for the elites, but is for any follower, but this is not the same for tyrants. Tyrants are often known to ignore the masses and truly desensitize them, which has often led to rebellion, with the sole exception to this has been the occasional benevolent tyrant, who usually focused solely on the masses. Christianity has always leaned toward more of the democracy way and rights for everyone. Although Christianity was not the founder of democracy, that would be the Romans, and the Roman senate, Christianity has played a major role in democracy in
“By teaching the equality of all men before God, Christianity laid the groundwork for the rise of a belief in equality of all before the law”, which is exactly what democracy is. Democracy was set by Puritan pilgrims in New England, who ran their church democratically, which led to America being a democracy. A type of democracy was also seen in early christianity. Whereas now in democracy it says all people are the same and receive the same rights, with the requirement of being a citizen, Christianity had similar values. Christianity said that it did not matter what you were and who you were, but as long as you were a follower of Christ, you would receive the full benefits of what the religion has promised. Christians taught that in the sight of God, “that all souls were equal, that every human life was sacrosanct and inviolate”, and democracy has promised similar things. While Christianity has always been pro democracy, it has been know to be anti tyrant, or monarch. Christianity is not only for the masses and not only for the elites, but is for any follower, but this is not the same for tyrants. Tyrants are often known to ignore the masses and truly desensitize them, which has often led to rebellion, with the sole exception to this has been the occasional benevolent tyrant, who usually focused solely on the masses. Christianity has always leaned toward more of the democracy way and rights for everyone. Although Christianity was not the founder of democracy, that would be the Romans, and the Roman senate, Christianity has played a major role in democracy in