08 Apr '20 08:07>
@FMF
I don't think it is very profitable continuing in this vein, my relaying what Christianity is in its own terms and other posters dismissing that as merely my personal opinion. So I would like to change tack here by asking you a question.
How do you think knowledge of Jesus's life and teaching have been propagated over the last 2,000 years?
Please don't answer "the Bible." That answer doesn't work for two reasons. First, there was no Bible at the time of Jesus; the canon was not established until 300 years after his death. Second, most people for most of the last 2,000 years were illiterate, so even after the canon was established most people would not have been able to read it for most of the last 2,000 years. So, how did the message propagate? That's my question to you at this point. Then we'll see how to continue the thread.
I don't think it is very profitable continuing in this vein, my relaying what Christianity is in its own terms and other posters dismissing that as merely my personal opinion. So I would like to change tack here by asking you a question.
How do you think knowledge of Jesus's life and teaching have been propagated over the last 2,000 years?
Please don't answer "the Bible." That answer doesn't work for two reasons. First, there was no Bible at the time of Jesus; the canon was not established until 300 years after his death. Second, most people for most of the last 2,000 years were illiterate, so even after the canon was established most people would not have been able to read it for most of the last 2,000 years. So, how did the message propagate? That's my question to you at this point. Then we'll see how to continue the thread.