Probably Lee Strobel. His work is rife with logical fallacy.
No, not initially. The first settlers from England were Christians and they brought their religious practice with them.
Yes! It was merged with Christianity when Christianity was growing in popularity. This was done in order to get control over the growing population of the Christians. Now many Christian holidays of today are infact homage to the Pagan Gods.
Originally Hebrew. Christianity came from Jesus who was Jewish. Most of the scriptures of the New Testament were initially inscribed in Hebrew and Aramaic, which are probably the languages that Jesus knew. But Christianity is not a nationality or race, it is a belief that crosses all boundries.
Arabs, and to a lesser extent, Turks, tolerated Christianity and Judaism, although they followed Islam. The Mongols, initially Buddhist, were aligned with Christianity against Islam, but later many adopted Islam and subsequently persecuted Christians.
At first Christianity was persecuted. Initially it was used as a scapegoat, later it was seen as a threat to the Roman state because Roman religious practices were seen as part of the foundation of the state. The persecutions were stopped and Christianity became tolerated because the last persecution had led to widespread unrest as the majority of people had become Christians. This restored political stability and gave the empire a greater sense of unity. Conflicts between Christians also developed. Mainstream Christianity, Latin (western) and Greek (eastern) Christianity (later they came to be called Catholic and Orthodox) shared the Nicaean interpretation of the trinity and were opposed to alternative interpretations and other sects of Christianity. Mainstream Christianity was made state religion and the other Christian sects were banned. Tis led to conflict between mainstream Christianity and the biggest of the banned sects Arian Christianity, which was popular around the empire. Christianity became part of the identity of the empire.
Christianity is a religion which was created off of Judaism, which was a religion held by the Semites. The antisemitism is a result of new hating what they replaced. As children are angry at their parents, and so forth. Christianity originates in Judaism. They therefor hate Semites. I hope I made my point clear. __ Initially, Christianity was regarded as a sect of Judiasm, and in order to distinguish themselves from Judaism, some early Christians adopted an anti-Judaistic stance. However, they were not 'antisemites' as the term is now understood.
Jesus and his disciples were Jews, and their teachings were initially rooted in the philosophy of Judaism.
Initially, lack of battle experience.
Yes and no. The Romans initially persecuted the Christians and martyred their saints, then the Roman Empire became Christian and institutionalized the church, for better or worse.
Okonkwo views the Christians as a threat to the traditional Igbo way of life. He sees them as disruptive, bringing new customs and beliefs that challenge the authority of the elders and the gods he worships. He believes they are weak and misguided, lacking the strength and resilience of the warriors in his own community.
Paul who as initially known as Saul. Spread the gospel as to establish the Church in the Roman Empire.
The earliest converts to Christianity were primarily Jewish people who believed that Jesus was the fulfillment of their religious prophecies and teachings. Among them were Jesus' disciples, such as Peter, James, and John, who became leaders in the early Christian movement. Other early converts included individuals like Paul, who was initially a persecutor of Christians but later became a passionate follower of Jesus.