2007-05-06 09:14:54 · 13 answers · asked by september_serenade 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Same. Instead of Christianity, we'd have Mithraism.
2007-05-06 09:20:48 · answer #1 · answered by Eleventy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to say. If Jesus's story hadn't caught on, there most likely would have been something else. But there probably wouldn't have been a Christian Church controlling Europe for centuries. No Crusades, no inquisition, no need for Martin Luther to reform a church that didn't exist. When you think about it, much of the exploration of the Americas and Africa might not have happened, either, given that so many of those people went with the idea of converting the natives. It's one of the main reasons (well, other than they wanted gold) that Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain were willing to bankroll Columbus.
2007-05-06 16:18:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, what a question! History is all about Jesus. If you pull apart the word 'history' it becomes 'his story'. So if there was no Jesus, there would be no history, and we would all be doomed to hell.
But because Jesus did come, and He did die for us, if we repent and confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
2007-05-06 16:21:38 · answer #3 · answered by godanswersprayer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the world would be a much better, safer, loving, everything good, more balanced and positive world if it had never been fooled by the manifestation in which the USA helped to created, who they gave the name Jesus.
2007-05-06 18:28:22 · answer #4 · answered by Michele M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean how would history have been different without his followers who would make up myths about him and exaggerate them to the highest level and then spread those myths to other people who were desperate and needed attachment?
2007-05-06 16:19:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
History may have been less bloody without his followers so anxious to kill anyone who didn't believe. But, then again, mankind is always anxious to kill eachother for some reason, usually economic in nature.
2007-05-06 16:19:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
More peaceful. Fewer violent deaths. A happier world.
2007-05-06 16:20:37 · answer #7 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone else would probably eventually claim to be the messiah, and depending on how successfuly his ideas caught on we'd all be that religion. And then everyone would kill eachother over it.
2007-05-06 16:21:07 · answer #8 · answered by grl235 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What would not have been sufficient to pay the penalty for the sins of the whole world if not for Jesus? Only God could pay such an infinite penalty. Only God could take on the sins of the world,die, and be resurrected - proving His victory over sin and death.
2007-05-06 16:18:56 · answer #9 · answered by Silver 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
ppl idolize some one all the time! I am surprised Paris Hilton hasn't gotten God status just yet! some other guy would have been idolized! big fishy bob , or ohhHenry , or muffin - one never knows!
2007-05-06 16:20:03 · answer #10 · answered by slaveof12gods 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋