ons. It is clear and concrete in at least that belief. And there is also a belief that those who believe in Jesus Christ will be blessed and taken care of in the afterlife, that at least was clear cut. These views made the people face up to a choice: either they accept these views or they do not. There was no deviance from the set doctrines of Christianity allowed. This concrete decision that Christianity presented to a person either attracted people who were tired of confusing, disjointed doctrines, or drove people away. So why did people decide to accept it? Well, Christianity as it was presented, had some things that could be easily accepted and other things that were major hurdles. As discussed earlier, the view of an all-powerful God was something that had been dreamed of before. So the Christian God throned upon high with legions of angels at his service was not that hard to accept. Also, the view on Satan and his demons fit very well with the previous view on daimons. To the pagan, this seemed very similar to his view on an all-powerful God with lower gods and daimons, at first. The difference began when this all-powerful God was at war with Satan and would punish eternally those who did not follow Him. This was a belief that most people would have trouble comprehending. (Shepard 18).This divided the deities to opposing sides, and more than that, it gave the chance of not a dreary afterlife, or no afterlife at all, but an afterlife of perpetual suffering. This was the major deterrent. So how did early Christians hurdle this obstacle to get converts?The actually methods of getting converts were numerous. The most common way of getting conversions was by performing miracles. Jesus was said to have performed miracles in the gospels, which attracted massive gatherings and followers. After his death, the apostles were granted the power to perform miracles by Jesus. They spread around telling about the miracles of Jesus Christ, while...
