Similarities Between Dionysus And Christian Cults

To conform to peoples’ many different needs and wants, there was more difference than similarities among Roman worship. Cults like Cybele, Isis, and Mithraism were among some of the most popular forms of worship during Roman times, because of the variety of things they offered. Astrology gained its followers by having no other opponent challenging its beliefs, making it publicly acceptable for all social classes to join. The many similarities that Christianity shared with opponents outweighed the many difference. As time goes on people’s needs and wants change making the differences in religion far more important than its similarities. Cybele, Isis, and Mithraism became very popular cults because of their versatile figures of deity that seemed to meet the needs and wants of many people. Aside from being what seemed to be an …show more content…
To build a new religion in a thoughtful understanding of the culture they occupied. Although Dionysus and Christ have many similarities they are outweighed by the huge differences they share. For example, like Christ Dionysus too was brutally killed by his enemies only to be reborn. But unlike Christ he came back revengeful and hateful. A difference that appealed to followers was also the idea that Christianity was for the public, contrary to mystery cults. It was also appealed primarily to the heart not the head. Another huge difference between Christianity and its challengers was exclusivity. While many other cults worshiped only one god people could still believe in others, Christianity asked converts that they must abandon all other forms of worship when they embraced Christ. The huge differences that Christianity has against its challengers is what made the religion successfully, leading us to conclude that its authors followed a recipe to combine all other forms of worship into