Christianity as we know it today has been influenced by many religions and cults during its rise in popularity and power. Christianity comes from Judaism, so of course it will have some of the same stories and values that the Jews had. Judaism was also influenced by Babylon during its Captivity and we can see some similarities between them. Some cults like the Cult of Mithra helped Christianity gain popularity among the low class people of the Roman Empire. Even though many stories, practices and values come from different religions the main reason of Christianity doesn’t change and that is the good news of Jesus Christ.
The creation of our universe is a big topic that many religions and civilizations argue about. Every religion has their own view on how everything was created and how mankind was …show more content…
During the Babylonian Captivity between the years of 587-538 BC the Jewish people were now living in Babylon and at one point the scribes of both the Jews and the Babylonians shared and passed information to each other (Styles, Powerpoint). Both had different views on Creation so each told their story and it is believed by many people that they took the ideas from one another, changed it up a little bit and put it in their story. So both were huge influences to each other. The Jews called their story the “Creation Story” and the Babylonians called it “Enuma Elish”. A similarity in both stories is the appearance of the number six (Styles, Powerpoint). In Genesis 1 it says that God created everything in 6 days and on the seventh day he rested (Genesis 1). In “Enuma Elish” there are many gods and the leader of the gods commands the six generations of gods to have dominion over everything (Enuma Elish). Each god was in control of something and the order they placed the gods was the same order the creation week was put. It could all be just coincidence or they both agreed that something was similar to their stories.
The creation of our universe is a big topic that many religions and civilizations argue about. Every religion has their own view on how everything was created and how mankind was …show more content…
During the Babylonian Captivity between the years of 587-538 BC the Jewish people were now living in Babylon and at one point the scribes of both the Jews and the Babylonians shared and passed information to each other (Styles, Powerpoint). Both had different views on Creation so each told their story and it is believed by many people that they took the ideas from one another, changed it up a little bit and put it in their story. So both were huge influences to each other. The Jews called their story the “Creation Story” and the Babylonians called it “Enuma Elish”. A similarity in both stories is the appearance of the number six (Styles, Powerpoint). In Genesis 1 it says that God created everything in 6 days and on the seventh day he rested (Genesis 1). In “Enuma Elish” there are many gods and the leader of the gods commands the six generations of gods to have dominion over everything (Enuma Elish). Each god was in control of something and the order they placed the gods was the same order the creation week was put. It could all be just coincidence or they both agreed that something was similar to their stories.