Christian Orgins Options

Ok so im searching for some knowledge here. I was wondering were the belief of christianity evolved from. I have heard something on the judeo belief but im not to sure on what this is any help on this would be great thanks just trying to get the history of christianity. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blablabla.gif)

Hi Grim
As Soror and MG have mentioned, the origin of Christianity probably isn't quite as cut and dry as the Christian leaders make out. For instance the Psalms of Solomon is copied from older Sumerian scriptures. And the story of Jesus has a number of uncomfortable similarities with other mythical and semi-mythical religious founders such as Buddha, Mythras, Dionysus, etc. There are a number of books that have come out in recent decades that write about things that might have been unthinkable in earlier generations. Questioning the origins of Christianity still isn't a popular subject among certain sectors. But the New Testament seems to have evolved. The Books that make up the New Testament weren't written down until about forty to eighty years after the death of Jesus (if he existed). Then the Christians had a number of writings floating around that were considered semi-sacred, but it wasn't until the Council of Nicea that they decided which Books were approved and which were not. So the New Testament was assembled around 325 AD. IMHO opinion they chose which Books to put in the New Testament according to political reasons rather than being moved by the Holy Spirit. If you look at the careers of the Bishops involved in the choices you will see that some were more politicians than spiritual leaders. I'm sure that some were sincere spiritual leaders, but a lot were not.

If you look at what they espoused you will see that it was much different than what Christians believe today. I would encourage you to read whatever you can on church history written by people who are primarily historians rather than being primarily Christian in a narrow sense. It should be educational. It may not affect your religious beliefs in a major way, or it may disillusion you. While reading these books your opinions will probably go back and forth. Give yourself time to digest these facts and ideas before arriving at a conclusion. No conclusion is final however. They may find more evidence that might cause you to re-evaluate your conclusions. All answers are provisional on what evidence you possess.