Ancient Egypt had developed thousands of years before the rise of Christianity; leading to strong differences between their chief beliefs, but maintaining similar moral rules to live your life. The idea of supreme beings and life after death are the other chief beliefs of a religion . Life after death plays a strong role in both religions; the Egyptians prepared themselves with all the amenities needed for the resurrection into the next life, while Christians live their life for passage into Heaven. Although the idea of the afterlife differ, the morals for living to gain access to the afterlife do not differ. The major difference between these two belief systems is the idea of the supreme beings. Christianity holds close to the idea of one God, while ancient Egyptians worshipped many different Gods.People have always looked ...view middle of the document...
In each case, however, a persons actions and morals while alive had some impact on their afterlife.Religions give their followers morals on how to live their lives in order to obtain a good life after death. These morals are similar in both ancient Egypt and today's Christianity, with only some slight differences. Ancient Egypt stressed loyalty , pride, love, courage, and other positive characteristics. Like Egypt, Christianity stresses love and sinless life as much as possible, although like in Egypt a wrong action can be forgiven. The origins of these morals or rule to live by are from the Gods or supreme beings of the world.Supreme beings are the creators of life and rules for the world and universe to abide by. Christianity is a monotheistic religion, worshipping only one God. On the other hand, ancient Egyptians worshipped many different Gods for help or advice for certain situations. These Gods include Re, god of the sun and creator of all; Geb, god of the earth; Great Goddess Isis; and many others. These supreme beings all play a similar role by sending the message of morals and rules of the religion, their words are sacred for their followers.A noticeable similarity between the two beliefs are the morals sent down by the Gods and rules one should obey in their life. In the case of ancient Egypt, these ideas originated from many different Gods, while in Christianity there is only one supreme God. The manner of which one obeys the rules has an impact on a persons afterlife. Christians who obey the Commandments and do not sin stay eternally in Heaven. Those who disobey dwell in Hell for their mistakes. Ancient Egyptians spent their afterlife in the Other World and can be resurrected back to earth by a god or powerful human. The beliefs of ancient Egypt and modern Christianity have their differences and similarities, but the ideas of the Christians have made their mark on the world becoming the worlds largest religions, even taking over a majority of the Egyptian beliefs.
