How Did Christianity Go From a Tiny Jewish Cult to Rule the Western World So Quickly?

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Published Jun 4, 2024

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Various religions have been popping up randomly seemingly as long as humans have been humaning- interestingly, not just with humans but our Neanderthal cousins, with signs of some form of religious practices with those Neanderthals going back at least 150,000 years. But one religion founded about 2,000 years ago triggered a marked shift in the way many in the world view religion and interact with a deity. Starting out as a sect of Judaism, fast-forward just a handful of generations of humans later and Christianity had evolved into its own distinct religion well on its way to dominating the Western world and beyond. And hasn’t really stopped since, statistically the world’s #1 religion with over 2.3 billion adherents in its various branches. So what made Christianity take off to then unprecedented levels, going from 1 person to millions in such a short span, and then billions beyond, where countless thousands of other religions in history don’t or sometimes only briefly rise and then fizzle out? Well, I’m glad you asked, because this is one of the more fascinating topics on so many levels we’ve ever covered here. So, quiet down your children, have a seat in a pew up front, and let’s dive into it all, shall we?

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Author: Daven Hiskey
Host: Simon Whistler
Producer: Samuel Avila

0:00 Intro
1:56 In the Beginning
5:04 Did Jesus Actually Exist and Say Anything He Said
10:05 One Chicken to Rule Us All
12:59 How Roman Religion Worked
16:14 How to Win Friends and Influence People
28:14 Jesus on Women, Slaves, and Roman Spicy Time
41:40 A Timeless Model That Still Works Today- A Mister Rogers Story
48:12 Rescuing Babies
49:00 Go Ye Therefore, And Teach All Nations
52:24 Jesus can Kill Zeus. Zeus Cannot Kill Jesus
55:09 Secret Sauce- The Immutable Power of the Dinner Party to Change the World
1:00:57 “Meeting Physical Force With Soul Force”
1:04:36 “Hew Out of the Mountain of Despair a Stone of Hope”
1:10:26 “Shake the Foundations of Our Nation Until the Bright Day of Justice Emerges”
1:13:27 “Free at last! Free at last Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
1:16:59 What if the Color Blue to You Isn’t the Same Color Blue to Me?
1:20:02 The Most Powerful Force in the Universe
1:24:00 “It Becometh a Tree, So That the Birds of the Air Come and Lodge in the Branches”
1:28:30 “The Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood”
1:30:52 Bonus Fact- How Animals Tearing People Apart Gave Us Our Date System