RE: For People Who Think There Was No Historical Jesus
February 24, 2013 at 4:10 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2013 at 4:13 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 24, 2013 at 2:27 pm)Confused Ape Wrote: Christianity started around 2,000 years ago. How and why did it start? That's what I'm asking people to come up with ideas about.I suppose the trouble would be that christianity is still "starting" and will likely continue to do so - if the past few k are any indicator. The question itself is a bit nebulous as the reader is left to assume what the writer means by it. What would we consider a starting point for christianity? The explicit mention of a christ figure and savior named jesus?
I mean, I could say that christianity got started the very first time uncle Og said "therefore spirits" or whatever the equivalent was 50,000 years ago. I don't think that this would be a very satisfying response for many folks reading it though. I, like perhaps DP, don't see christianity as anything distinct or unique whatsoever but a continuation of a very long and extremely varied pre-existing narrative.
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