Christianity: Organized Religion

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Religion is an organized cultural practice in which individuals worship their God or Gods. Christianity is one of the most influential religions that started from the middle east and has spread all over the world. Christianity was the first polytheistic religion in which Jesus is believed to be a descendant of King David of Israel. Jesus’s teaching were revolved around the Jewish culture as Jesus used the ten commandments and added new ideas. He was executed by being nailed onto a cross and left to die by the Romans because they believed he had the ability to create war against the Rome. Jesus was harshly treated as the Roman executioners used whips created for the purpose of cutting flesh. Through facing this excruciating pain, he was pronounced

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