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Intergalactic Post Office Box 000 KELT-1b Andromeda Galaxy Greetings Tedd! Nice to hear from you again. I respect your interest in Christianity, and surely I will tell you all I know. However, it amuses me that you choose probably the most fundamentally anti-christian person you know to tell you about Christianity. While I can’t really tell you about the spiritual aspect of Christianity, I can tell you about it from a secular historian’s perspective. The history of Christianity begins with the Jews. Understanding the Old Testament is paramount to understanding the New Testament, and, subsequently, Christianity itself. Each of the books in the New Testament relate to Judaism in some form or another. Some are very linked to Jewish†¦show more content†¦They begin at his immaculate conception and birth in Bethlehem. They each talk about the highlights of his life, including the gathering of his ministry, the betrayal of Jude, his trial and crucifixion, and, in the case of Matthew and Luke, his resurrection. According to Je wish scripture, Jesus was destined from birth to fulfill the roll of Christ, or The Messiah. Jesus’ life consisted of walking from town to town, healing the sick and preaching about the imminent kingdom of God. The Gospel according to John also tells the story of Jesus, but is much different that the other three. John’s gospel focuses more on wrestling with the idea that Jesus was the Son of God. The Gospels touch on many teachings of Christianity. Some are outright preached, either by Jesus or explicitly in scripture, while other’s have since been derived by followers. The holy trinity of Jesus, God, and the Holy Ghost is one such example. One of Jesus s’ essential teachings was salvation for social outcasts. He specifically mentions widows and orphans many times in his sermons. However, not only does Jesus promise these people salvation, he calls their poverty ‘blessed.’ Many times he associates with, and heals, the poor, sick, and cast out . There are twenty-one books following the Gospels, excluding Acts. The first 14 are called ‘the Letters of Paul,’ as they are largely accredited to St. Paul in Christian tradition.