In many ways the religion of The Drowned God has a very Christian feel to it. This comes about for two main reasons, the prevalence of drowning and resurrection in the religion, and the two gods at odds with one another. The ritual drowning and resurrection in the religion shares many similarities with the Christian practice of baptism. Both involve the dipping of children into water. Certainly in the Christian tradition you don’t typically drown the children, but other than that the ritual is very much the same. The results for the people being baptised are much the same. This ritual is meant to pave the way for their entrance to the more appealing in their afterlife. For the followers of The Drowned God it means the Hall of The Drowned God. For Christians it means heaven. How this ritual differs actually acts to strengthen the connection between the religion of The Drowned God and Christianity. The importance of the resurrection following the drowning parallels the importance of resurrection in Christianity. Arguably, one of the most important events in the bible is the resurrection of Christ after his crucifixion. Every true follower of The Drowned God must undergo a similar death and resurrection. The use of two gods in this religion parallels the use of God and Satan in Christianity. In the case of the religion of the drowned god the roles almost seem to be reversed though. They follow the god with his home in the depths of ocean who encourages the pillaging and raiding of the Iron Born while rejecting the god who lives in the clouds who wants the pillaging to stop. These things act to make the religion of The Drowned God seem like a slightly warped, Westerosi version of the Christianity that we see in our world3.