How Christianity Plagiarized Judgment Day

From Persian fire pits to Greek underworlds, the church plagiarized the end of the world and called it prophecy.

Sep 05, 2025

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Illustration of angels with trumpets, graves opening, fire falling from the sky, and Zoroastrian, Greek, and Jewish figures in the background, symbolizing how Christianity borrowed Judgment Day imagery from older religions.

Many of its followers today believe Judgment Day is Christianity’s exclusive property. Fire raining from the sky, angels blasting trumpets, the dead dragged out of graves for roll call. But if you think they came up with that from scratch, you’ve been had. Christianity plagiarized the whole damn thing. The ideas were already on the shelf — in Zoroastria…

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