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How did Christianity get started?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 23356301:MV8xOTk3MzI4XzMzNTQ5ODU4Xzk3REYyMEY3] [quote:Anonymous Coward 23435015:MV8xOTk3MzI4XzMzNTQ5NzI5X0E0QzVDMTlC] [quote:Anonymous Coward 23435015:MV8xOTk3MzI4XzMzNTQ5NzE2XzFGNTc4RkM5] [quote:Anonymous Coward 2493446:MV8xOTk3MzI4XzMzNTQ5Njg3X0I4NTA2RTIx] It was started by the Roman empire during the reign of Emperor Constantine. The purpose was to control the empire by making one single religion the law of the land and all other existing religions illegal. It united the people under a single purpose - to conquer other lands in the guise of converting them and saving their souls. This aroused much more enthusiasm and fervor in the armies and made the soldiers fight harder. As the government of Rome then became the religion, the Church of Rome became the ruling body . The Roman Empire didn't really fall. It just changed form, became a church and continued to rule the world as The Roman Catholic Church, until the Reformation when countries began to break free from its control. [/quote] So the concept of saving souls from hell was also invented? [/quote] Or did hell exist before Christianity got started? [/quote] the people of that time in that area believed in hell. Jesus never taught such a thing because it does not exist. There are on earth some rather hellish lower astral realms filled with the ugly thoughtforms of man though. [/quote]
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And how old is it really?
If it was started by jewish people why were the gospels first written in Greek?
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