First of all, let me say that I have never read a bible and although I don't necessarily believe in any of the three major faiths (Christianity, Islam, or Judaism), I do believe in an afterlife.
Ok, so I was in the shower, thinking about how my school changed B.C. (before Christ) to B.C.E. (before common era). I thought this was a stupid thing to do because I always used B.C. and A.D. Anyways, this led me to start thinking about how Jesus was the son of god, born to spread the word of God. I believe this was done because people were losing faith (I could be totally wrong though). Then I thought, if Adam and Eve were the first humans created, how could anyone doubt the word of God. Their children would be told about how God banished them from the Garden of Eden because of them going against his word. Then, when Adam and Eve's children grew up and had kids (incest?), they would tell the same story to their kids. It would be such an important story that there's no way that they wouldn't pass it on to their kids, making it impossible for other faiths to arise, such as the faith of the Greek, Mayans, Egyptians, Incas....
I repeat, I don't know much about Christianity except for what I've gathered from school and TV. Please correct me if there's any major flaws in my thinking, or just post thoughts.
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