>>509436210 (OP)Early Christians were deeply jealous of Rome’s cultural supremacy—its architecture, philosophy, art, and political order. Lacking anything of comparable depth or beauty, they infiltrated rather than competed. Once Christianity gained power, it systematically cannibalized Roman culture: renaming pagan festivals, repurposing temples, adopting imperial titles like Pontifex Maximus, and dressing their priests in Roman vestments. But this wasn’t the first time—they had already co-opted Jewish scripture to fabricate a prophetic lineage, then later appropriated Greek philosophical concepts like Logos and metaphysics to patch the holes in their doctrine. And after Rome, they continued the pattern, absorbing pagan traditions across Europe, demonizing native gods while keeping their symbols, dates, and rituals under new Christian names. Christianity didn’t spread through spiritual enlightenment—it spread through syncretism, coercion, and calculated theft, always repackaging the power of others to mask its own hollow core.