Do Christians think their religion was accepted globally the day it was formed?

Of course not. Many of the earliest Christians were persecuted for their faith. And, if Jesus' crucifixion says nothing else to some, it shows that Christianity's message has always been hated by the world.

It takes luck and good organization to spread your religion. There have been hundreds of "saviors" in history. In the times of Jesus, a roman historian, Josephus, recorded just a few running around in the time just before and after Jesus #1.

Josephus says, (War, b. ii. c. 13), that there were many who, pretending to Divine inspiration, deceived the people, leading out numbers of them to the desert, pretending that God would there show them the signs of liberty, meaning redemption from the Roman power: and that an Egyptian false prophet led 30,000 men into the desert, who were almost all cut off by Felix. See Acts 21:38.

It was a just judgment for God to deliver up that people into the hands of false Christs who had rejected the true one. Soon after our Lord's crucifixion, Simon Magus appeared, and persuaded the people of Samaria that he was the great power of God, Acts 8:9, Acts 8:10; and boasted among the Jews that he was the son of God.

2. Of the same stamp and character was also Dositheus, the Samaritan, who pretended that he was the Christ foretold by Moses.

3. About twelve years after the death of our Lord, when Cuspius Fadus was procurator of Judea, arose an impostor of the name of Theudas, who said he was a prophet, and persuaded a great multitude to follow him with their best effects to the river Jordan, which he promised to divide for their passage; and saying these things, says Josephus, he deceived many: almost the very words of our Lord.

>and on and on ...google false prophets of the first millineum

Of course not! do you know the story of Easter and how jesus was crucified? Well people hated jesus and did not believe him THAT HE IS THE KING OF THE JEWS! of course today there is still this prejudice against christians and their wonderful beliefs. People hated Jesus.

THis is what happened:

Jesus suffered under pontius pilote and was stripped from his clothes. he was beaten terribly and then was crowned with a crown of thorns which was pressed against his head they took him and nailed his hands and feet to a cross where they left him to die. The only thing he drank was a sponge of vinegar. The third day he rose again because you know why HE IS GODS SON!

did that help you? so no anyone who knows the story of jesus knows the answer!

There are questions of evidence that any of it is historical fact, there was a guy remembered a past life back then, about 50 years after, lived in the area, and never heard of Jesus. When a historian looks back at tales, they try to look for the most credible story, as people are known to tell stories...from their point of view. Christians can't look closely at the foundation of their faith, lest it crumble, and crumble it will, when you look enough.

They seem to enjoy deluding themselves into thinking that Christianity is inherently obvious rather than accepting that Christianity initially became big b/c of forced conversion.

I don't see how that would be possible since Romans 10:17 says,

"So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ."

God bless.

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