Christianity's Success

Based on reading this article, I managed to discover many of the factors that led to the growth of the Christian religion, and how it still is a main religion for many people. To start off, in Rome, the majority of the people believed Jews and Christians to be atheist because of their monotheistic beliefs, in which they claimed to be false gods. Because of this, there was persecution between these types of religions. However, in one occasion Christians took initiative to protest their beliefs and the injustice they had faced in front of a governors house, and faced no punishment. I think that one of the ways the Christianity managed to prosper was the fact that they had strong faith in this one religion and this one god, which made them determined to spread what they felt was right amongst the world they lived in and not follow a religion others would make them follow. Additionally, it shows how one of the main reasons Christianity managed to become stronger was the fact that it became the state religion after Paganism failed. Some of the reasons that Paganism would've fallen was the fact that Christianity was more straight forward, and it filled the empty spaces in Paganism, which people found appealing. Also, the reading made Christianity look so simple compared to other religions that people gravitated towards it. Not only that, but through cultural diffusion, then this new religion spread through different areas, where new generations would learn and follow it, which makes it spread and grow stronger through the people's beliefs at the time. But the most important thing that also made Christianity stronger was Benefit. What I mean by this is the fact that this religion was very accepting, and all social classes were eligible to be a part of it, which  brought a variety of people with the opportunity for more and more people to coexist with a religion that didn't care from where did anyone come from. Lastly, from benefit comes the fact that in Christianity, when your good, after you die, you get the opportunity of going to heaven, which is considered a paradise to live in and eternal life spiritually, however if your bad in life, after you die you'd go to hell. So joining gave them something beneficial to receive for being good.