A question

[dyresand]

How did Christianity spread in bible terms because those people in the bible were in middle east and only such a small group of people well a few select people know of Jesus and his miracles at the time. So it doesn't really explain how it got so big here. Now if only a certain number of people knew Jesus and told people about it they surely would not just believe because they would ask why should we believe if we have x y or z deity. So how did it spread if in reality only a few amount of people knew the son of god...

[Minimalist]

How did Christianity spread in bible terms because those people in the bible were in middle east

Why don't you pick something easy...like, 'what do women want?' instead.

Books have been written on the subject, In fact, here's one:

http://books.google.com/books/about/The_...eOLTrPDI0C

the author examines the causes for Christianity's success to the West and its relative failings in major societies to the east of Jerusalem, including India, Persia, and China.

Actually, its fairly easy to see why it failed in India, Persia and China. It did not have a government threatening to kill people if they did not convert.

[dyresand]

How did Christianity spread in bible terms because those people in the bible were in middle east

Why don't you pick something easy...like, 'what do women want?' instead.

Books have been written on the subject, In fact, here's one:

http://books.google.com/books/about/The_...eOLTrPDI0C

the author examines the causes for Christianity's success to the West and its relative failings in major societies to the east of Jerusalem, including India, Persia, and China.

Actually, its fairly easy to see why it failed in India, Persia and China. It did not have a government threatening to kill people if they did not convert.

i know the real world spread i'm talking more of it biblical wise. If it did spread like it said it did in the bible we really shouldn't be seeing it here.

[abaris]

i know the real world spread i'm talking more of it biblical wise. If it did spread like it said it did in the bible we really shouldn't be seeing it here.

You mean in the all included white feathery way of the divine spirit?

[Minimalist]

Evidence, then, that it did not.

[dyresand]

Evidence, then, that it did not.

that's the biggest thing against its own religion if it cant get the way of how it spreads from such a small group of people.

[Alex K]

Evidence, then, that it did not.

that's the biggest thing against its own religion if it cant get the way of how it spreads from such a small group of people.

Emperor Constantine the Great certainly helped a lot...

[Minimalist]

The notion that individual missionaries went out spreading the word to people one-by-one is nice theater but not very practical.

[abaris]

Emperor Constantine the Great certainly helped a lot...

Theodosius was the real culprit unleashing that evil on the Western world. He was the first emperor to threaten anyone adoring heathen deities with capital punishment.

[Minimalist]

that's the biggest thing against its own religion if it cant get the way of how it spreads from such a small group of people.

Emperor Constantine the Great certainly helped a lot...

Yes, but he was a schlepper compared to Theodosius on that score.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica

The Edict of Thessalonica, also known as Cunctos populos, was issued in 380 AD. It ordered all subjects of the Roman Empire to profess the faith of the bishops of Rome and Alexandria, making Nicene Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire.[1]