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No. Christianity comes from Judaism (Ancient Israel). Jewish people were the original "Christians" (it wasn't called Christianity then). Jesus of Nazareth (who's name is Yeshua in Hebrew and what you would have heard if you lived then) is Jewish.

All of the original "Christians" were Jewish. Yeshua (Jesus) and those that followed him were observant Jews who practiced Judaism. Yeshua said that he was the Messiah foretold by the prophets (in Judaism). Those that followed him believed him to be the Messiah.

These beliefs were shared with non-Jews and Greek Jews. People who believed in the Messiahship of Jesus/Yeshua were derogatorily called "Christians". Before the term Christianity came to be, the belief that Yeshua was the Messiah was called "The Way".

Eventually, after much persecution from Roman Emperors, Christians were legally accepted in the Roman Empire. Later, Christianity was made the official religion of Rome.

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