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SEND_PUNS_PLZ t1_ix96a1r wrote

The most ridiculous part to me is that when the Spanish got to the site, all they saw was a religiously significant hill so they compulsively built a church right on top. So now there’s this awkward Spanish church on top of the excavated pyramid and they’re both historically significant so they have to share

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FuriouSherman t1_ix9csl6 wrote

Christianity in a nutshell. Jesus' birthday was moved from summer to the end of December so it could co-opt the practices of Saturnalia, while most early Scandinavian churches were built at sites that were considered to be sacred in Norse mythology. The ability to adapt to and utilize local practices as so to make its own teachings and methods more palatable is one of the main reasons why Christianity is the world's most popular religion.

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