History Does Not Challenge Jesus

History doesn’t challenge Jesus, only some History classes do. Where evolution has pervaded the science room, it has impacted the history class too. As a result, time lines are made to accommodate the evolutionary belief system. The evolutionary timeline shows humans as a minor unadvanced detail until around 4,000 BC (and mostly at 2,000 BC) at which point the human race suddenly exists and flourishes. The more believable Christian timeline says the Earth was created around 4,000 BC and humans have flourished and grown since about 2,000 BC (after the flood). From this secular narrative of humans, our history classes teach that all religion is man made along with misrepresentations of Christianity that we have already seen and discussed.

According to most of our history books, religion arose out of burial practices and a desire for more. All over the world we see religious views about judgements and an after life. Our history textbooks claim that every one of these beliefs developed from a desire for more, but where does that desire come from? Deep down, we look at creation and see there is a Creator. We know that there is more. That is why we have so many religions. The truth of a coming judgement and the knowledge that we are eternal beings in a broken world is known to all cultures. The fact that we have so many other cultures with religious beliefs is not proof that they must all be man made. It is evidence that there is a truth we all know deep down. Most religions are man made, in fact all but one religion is man made. The idea of religion coming from burial rituals is a shallow half thought idea. Religions exist around these practices due to a deeper known truth that there is more. Death is only a transition, not a finality, and we all know it.

Early history that is conformed to evolutionary notions is going to be further from the truth than later history. In addition, you will likely see the faith of our founding fathers and the faith that moved history’s freedom fighters not mentioned. Examples of this are addressed throughout the book. You may not see it in a textbook, but I often heard from other students in history class that “Christianity is evil, just look at the crusades.” As Christians, we can agree that religion has been used to justify many atrocities. The crusades are an example of that. Just like religious secularism in China has muslims in concentration camps and Christians under intense persecution. The crusades may have claimed the blasphemous mask of “God’s Will,” but reading the bible a dozen times would not lead you to think that conclusion. Jesus says for us to love our neighbor. This is a principle that never would lead to the crusades. When a teacher, student, or friends best argument against Christ is the crusades, it is a poor argument. They are having to look back 900 years to find an example. The natural effect of Christianity is not evil, it is love for one another. The fact that the only example that seems believable on the surface happened 900 years ago proves this.