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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The apostles who were the first to spread Christianity[/b] -- Peter, Nathaniel, James, etc. (except John) -- were all martyred. These were the men who know Jesus, who served with Him for three years. They died rather than deny that Jesus was the resurrected Christ, God in the flesh. They would have known whether they were spreading a fable or not. Who would knowingly die for a lie?

The early Christian church was greatly persecuted. A great many of the early Christians were Jews who were despised by the rest of the Jewish people. They were hunted and persecuted by Jewish leaders and Romans alike. Yet they believed, followed and spread their faith regardless.

Why did Christianity spread and flourish in the early decades? Because Jesus Christ is the Messiah, God come to earth to die for our sins and rise again. [/quote]

I went to RCIA and was baptized at 36.  One of my greatest interests is the historical Jesus and also examining the differences between Christian churches.  I agree with the first paragraph.  The martyrs had nothing to gain from spreading the word of Jesus, yet they did.  Why would they have done this unless they truly understood who he was and what he stood for?[/quote]

I appreciate the sentiment in these posts and I would like for you to step back and see that people of other religions have also died for their faith.  Hunted down and persecuted for their faith.  The faith they know, believe and would rather die than convert.

Please extend your worldview to see that just because people died for believing in Christianity, people have also died for being Jewish, for being Hindu, for being Buddhist, Muslim, Sikh, Wiccan, and any form of "pagan".

Because some apostles may have rather died than not believe in Christianity does not make it the "one true" religion.  And the rising from the dead story is highly debatable and even many Christians believe this be metaphorical.

I wish people that believe in exclusionary religions could actually see that all the people of the world and their varying faiths have more in common than they do different.  If you seek out these commonalities and be more inclusive you would feel God (in whichever name you choose) in your heart even stronger because that is the of core of religion- love and grace- not trying to one up the next religion and harvest the most souls to claim as your own.

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Your bias is showing. You claim to be tolerant, but antagonistic comments such as "harvest the most souls to claim as your own" does nothing to back that up. There isn't a Christian alive who tries to do that. [b]What we DO do is try to help people see the divinity of Christ and their need for a Savior [/b]-- just as we needed to see it -- because we love them, because we believe what we read of Christ's testimony in the Bible. You may not believe it, but to derisively characterize someone's desire to reach others with the implications of their faith is way off the mark.[/quote]

Because otherwise, they go to HELL for eternity -- at least that's what some Christians believe.[/quote]

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