BilliardsBall
Veteran Member
You want to believe a Moses wrote Genesis.
You want to believe a Matthew write the first book in the NT.
The problem is that there is absolutely nothing to justify your belief. Biblical scholars, Hebrew and Christian, disagree with your and your beliefs. There is nothing outside of the bible that validates anything in the bible. There is much outside the bible that invalidates it.
The only thing that justifies your belief system is your indoctrination and outdated and/or fraudulent scholarship.
Yes, it became significant. But maybe, you should ask yourself why. Most of the early Christians realized it was important for their new religion to attract as many people as possible. They courted pagans by keeping their holidays. They courted Hebrews by suggesting that Jesus was their prophesied Messiah. It worked back then for a few.
The main reason that Christianity flourished is that the guy who was in charge of all of Rome said Christianity was an approved religion.
Over the past century, Islam has also become significant. Are you a supporter of Allah also?
Help me understand your perspective?
1) It's not helpful to label "Matthew" Matthew, rather, we should call it the first anonymous book of the NT, for example. Yet it still teaches salvation and life principles...
2) There is NOTHING outside the Bible (like the nation of Israel's prophesied re-existence, that validates ANYTHING inside the Bible. So, for example, the Bible contains hundreds of moral and financial principles, NONE of which are established outside the Bible...
3) The main reason Christianity was a rapid-growing religion since the early 1st century was that Rome approved it in the 3rd century.
4) Islam is significant, so to be consistent, I should support it also.
Do I understand your position better now?