Christianity...Seems legit

[ancianita]

6. Hoax that's lasted 6 millennia. First 4 millennia, the Abrahamic and Moses hoax, 2 millennia, the Jesus/apostle hoax

Why would 11 out of the 12 apostles die for this 2 millennia hoax. Why so many more after them. Come to think of it, why have so many been willing to be killed for democracies of the last 200 years? Why does anyone allow themselves to be killed for what they believe? Just what is it for, when humans die or are willing to be killed, having faith that it will be for the better futures of others? Actually, where did the concepts of evil, faith, hope, or love, generosity, humility (one of the 7 virtues), truth, or soul (as in "the soul of America&quot come from?

For 20 years I was a Four Horsemen atheist. Then not. This book, full of timelines, charts, numbers and ancient and modern church fathers and archeological authorities, was only one of several books that helped me see why what Jesus said and did (long before he lived, and during his time, the spread of his words and healing work) mattered for humankind. As does the idea democracy. If it wasn't a Greek hoax, then why wasn't it established before the 18th Century. Where do Western laws, statutes, judges, courts, eyewitness testimony, juries, rules of evidence, the word democratic come from? They existed long before America's founders. Along with the Bible, this book, helps explain the 4,000 year evolution of Western rule of law.