Compare And Contrast Christianity And Aztecs

During the 5th to 15th-century, or the “Medieval Period,” people were afraid and relied on their God/gods to be protected from the pelage of which they thought was the wrath of God. In the medieval time people made their own god/gods to protect themselves, many people made their own gods and made them into different religions such as Christianity or native American religions. These religions can differ from how they believe the world was created, or how people are created,even other Native American stories can be similar by their stories on the great flood. Two religions such as Christianity and native American religions can be the example of how two religions can be both similar and different at the

Every religion is different, but also similar. Some adore one god, some adore multiple gods. Some religions are very similar but only differ in the god’s appearance. But have you thought about religions that were forgotten? Maybe religions that only people from the past believed in. Well, this is the case for the native americans. Surprisingly it has a lot of similarities with Christianism. How different or similar do you think the native american’s religion was from Christian religion?

The Incas , Aztecs, and mayans were both similar and different in their own unique ways and in different beliefs and practises of everyday life. The first main topic we are going to be discussing is the topic of religion in every culture and the ways their beliefs of gods change. Then we will discuss further information about these groups and how they lived , functioned and ruled their lives.                To start it off the Incan religion which involved human sacrifice which during the time period a culture were relatively common, they had also attributed sacredness to a rock formation. The incan religion also required ancestor worship which is a ritual practice that was started on the belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, and also that the dead ancestors take an interest in the problems of the world, and have the power and the ability to influence the fortune of the living.At its start, Incan religious beliefs  connected with nature. The incan people also believed that the Inca rulers were descendants of the sun god, Inti.                                            Next up is the Mayan religion which was characterized by the worship of nature gods which include but are not limited to the gods of sun, rain and corn . The Mayans believed  importance of astronomy and astrology which they also incorporated in their religions since their temples were usually taller than most buildings in the villages so they believed that they had a spiritual

Religiously, the two societies were very different. The Aztecs had hundreds of gods and goddesses although they praised their sun god, Huitzilopochtli, more than any other god. They Aztecs would sacrifice people (usually prisoners of war) to help give the sun energy to sustain its life. Many of the gods that the Aztecs worshipped were gods of agriculture because of how deeply their society relied on agriculture. The Mongols did not have as many gods as the Aztecs. The Mongols were very open with religion; they were much more tolerant than the Aztecs. Although when the Mongolian great leader, Genghis Khan, opened his mind to Shamanism, the rest of the Mongol society followed him although it was never mandatory to be Shamanistic.

Religion played a very important role in the Aztec and Inca culture. Religious rituals consisted of human sacrifice and polytheism. Their deities were inspired by nature and the earth’s physical makeup. Both appear to be similar but peel back the onion and notable differences reveal themselves. It is difficult for modern day society to understand how human sacrifice can exist in such advanced civilizations.

The Maya were also a farming society like the Aztecs. They too, worshiped many gods, whom they felt were responsible for their survival. Gods of rain, wind, and sun were among the ones most worshiped. Mayan leaders went to war to try and capture the ruler of another city. If they did they would sacrifice the prisoner, again much like the Aztecs (Mexico).

The Maya civilization had a strong religion. They had many gods for many different reasons. One god of theirs was the sun god. The Maya depended on the sun god for sun god. The Maya made blood sacrifices in order to honor the sun god for sunlight. Another god that the Mayan depended on was the maize god. The Maya needed the maize god to give them corn. They needed corn because it was the Mayans main food source. Many blood

Carrasco defines religion in three categories worldmaking, worldcentering, and worldrenewing. Carrasco’s idea of worldcentering is similar to the idea of cosmos in Eliade’s work. In Carrasco’s work worldcentering is the notion in which individuals look to their surroundings to account for their existence and the way their world functions. Carrasco provides an explanation as to how communities would “center” their world; using symbols as well as rituals would be used to explain how their world operated. Likewise Read and Gonzalez suggest that cosmic topography was used to structure the Mesoamerican life, cosmic topography helped explain that “Mesoamericans live in worlds shaped by mythological visions” (Read and Gonzalez 20). They used features that were defined as a town landscapes to form a vision of their world and “own unique cosmology” (Read and Gonzalez 20), these visions differed by community but essentially they all shared one vision. Similarly Eliade incorporates the idea of cosmos and chaos in his model of the sacred and the profane. Eliade explains that cosmos existed among the religious to maintain them away from the chaos. The cosmos is the idea of a world created by the gods and what remained outside of their world was considered the chaos. In order to keep a connection with their gods and the heavens they would use symbols such as pillars to center their world and have an existing connection the

There were a variety of different cultures of people who were part of the Aztec empire.

The Christian religion finds its foundation on the Word of God and the work of Jesus Christ. Christianity finds its beginnings with Jesus Christ about 2,000 years ago. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came down to earth to teach, heal, and die for the sins of humanity. When God created man, he openly rebelled against God, causing a rift in their relationship. Since humans cannot save themselves, a perfect and completely innocent sacrifice was necessary in order to purify and restore mankind. Christianity is all about Jesus’ death and resurrection, as well as denying oneself and following Christ.

The religious aspects of both the Aztec and the Incan civilizations were based on several different deities. The Aztec empire had more than 128 gods and goddesses. The most important of these gods is Tlaloc (Life god) and Huitzilopochtli (Sun god). These gods could be represented in human, animal or direction form. Aztec gods were worshipped through pyramid shaped religious buildings and ritual sacrificing. Human

The Aztec and Incan religions were similar and different in many ways. For one, both empires and their religions consisted of polytheistic values. Both empires participated in human sacrifice. Both empires worshipped a sun god or deity. Both empires used religion to unify societies and access authority over citizens.

During the Post Classical Era, civilizations in Mesoamerica continued to practice polytheism because of its connection with everyday life. In contrast to the monotheistic gods of Eurasia and Africa, Mesoamerica continued to worship multiple gods that represented natural phenomena because of their lack of need for reform. Religion in Mesoamerica Empires such as the Inca, Aztec, Mayan, Olmec, etc grew with the empires, and therefore was born in a time where order and peace was already achieved, unlike that of Islam or Buddhism, where their

that is, they believed their worlds were ruled by more than one god. Both cultures also

The world has many different belief systems including Christianity and Buddhism. Both are similar and different in many ways. These religions are used in different places around the world and influenced the lives of its followers and the society in which they are practiced. Christianity is more diverse and complicated in its beliefs and totally depends on faith. In contrast, Hinduism is a belief more based on the simplicity of culture and tradition.