Superficial similarities exist between Christianity and some ancient pagan religions. But careful study reveals that there are far more dissimilarities.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My premise is that the popular aphorism that 'all religions are fundamentally the same and only superficially different' simply is not true. It is more correct to say that all religions are, at best, superficially similar but fundamentally different.
In principle the great religions of the world do not differ as much as they appear to.
Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples than any other religion in the history of mankind.
The only difference is that religion is much better organised and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.
Christianity and Islam, they have the same morals, same lifestyle, some of the same stories that shaped them.
What I find is that we're all human beings and that it's all very similar, what we believe. At the bottom, there's really not that much difference between Christians and Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists. We all worship God.
It's a common part of the narrative of the history of Christianity that it was 'real' religion that involved real spirituality and real faith, and that's why it's completely superseded the more pagan polytheistic practices.
I have a sneaking suspicion that all religions lead to the same place, a very unified place.
I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.