Originally Posted by Chaupoline

It is miraculous that Chrisitanity ever became a major world religion.

Originally Posted by Minimalist

It is neither.

Originally Posted by Chaupoline

Yeshua of Nazareth amassed a following of Jews in Palestine. How large the following is not important. The Jewish elite attempted to destroy the movement and Ponitius Pilate had the new cult leader crucified attempting to destroy his religious group. Crucifiction is an exection intended to publicly humiliate and destroy any following the person may have amassed. They wanted to make an example of him. I don't care if the man came back to life. I am amazed that the movement was reborn after his crucifiction. His disciples scattered and Christianity should have died with Yeshua. I think that the resurrection of Christ is a metaphor for his philosophy's rise from the dead so to speak. It is miraculous that Chrisitanity ever became a major world religion.