Here’s an exercise: Ask someone when the Bible was written as we have it now. For a book that Christians value so much, it’s amazing how few of us know much about its origin.
The strangest part is that we have access to tons of information. Every day, many of us traverse the internet and look up information on the latest game, a newly announced movie, or the weather for the week. With just as much effort, we could start to learn things about what we say we value more than anything else.
Why don’t we do it? Well, I suspect a lot of it has to do with indifference. Growing up in a Christian community, the priority was to fit in, talk about the topics at hand, and have some emotional experiences. There were some times I really felt God’s presence, but a lot of the time it was just another social gathering. I was indifferent to the tenets of my faith until they were questioned by people around me. We shouldn’t wait that long to start researching our worldviews. Our worldviews should instead be defined by what we spend our time researching!
I’d like to start getting really involved in learning the history myself. To me, it is core to what we believe, but we ignore it so much that you’d think Christianity took a 2000 year vacation from Earth. In the upcoming months, I’ll be researching topics and talking about the more interesting things I come across. Stay tuned!
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Oh, and the answer to the question: About 300AD. It was a gradual process, not everyone always agreed, and the books themselves weren’t written while Christ was alive.
Although I have GrizzlyMusic to host my music now, I still want to post them on this website, so you’ll see them here, too!
