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Similarities can be seen today as evidenced with the Pope in this comparison:

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Likewise, many places of pagan worship became the new sites for Christian worship on the same pretense (making it easier for conversion).

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There are many videos online discussing the topic of the pagan origins of Christianity:

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Refuting Osiris - Pagan Origins of Christianity

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Canfield addresses the fact that officials decided to adopt pagan traditions into Christianity. She reminds readers that stripping polytheistic people of their beliefs completely would make it harder to convert them in the future by creating resistance.

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Christian Holidays and their Pagan Influence: Christmas

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Christian Holidays and their Pagan Influence: Christmas

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The birth of Jesus has been argued to have been in the summer months. However, Christmas is the celebration of his birth in winter. Furthermore, December 25th has long been considered the birth of the sun-god Mithras in Mithraism.

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Note the similarity between the Roman Catholic depiction of Jesus and Mary (right) to the polytheistic statue of Isis and Horus (left) as pointed out in Nicole Canfield's article.

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In order to convert polytheistic people to Christianity the missionaries would give the established pagan traditions a new monotheistic meaning.

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The Abrahamic religions are Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Christianity developed out of the Middle East surrounding the teachings of the Holy Bible.

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On the other hand, Wikipedia states that monotheism is the belief in a singular God. However, overlap between polytheism and monotheism exists since polytheists can be henotheists: choosing to worship only one of their gods.

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According to Wikipedia, polytheism is the belief in multiple dietities which make up a pantheon of gods each having their own way of being worshipped.