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There are two answers to this question. Religious people say one thing, and historians say something different. While many religious Christians say the founder of Christianity was Jesus, actually Jesus lived and died a Jew. After his death, people who believed he was the promised messiah took some of his teachings, added some of their own, and crafted what became the Christian religion. Many scholars and historians believe Christianity was actually founded by Paul, because much of the early church's beliefs were based on what Paul said in the New Testament. Some other scholars say it was the writers of the Gospels who shaped Christian beliefs.

Since Jesus left no writings, we can only rely on what was written about him. So that makes it difficult to say who exactly founded Christianity. But I would say Paul, because he had the greatest influence on the early church.

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