So... I was told to state my theory on Abrahamic religions here.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I mean, when did Judaism actually start? When were the first scrolls of the Torah written? Surely thousands of years before Christ.

The first scrolls may have been written thousands of years ago but they lay hidden for a long time after, it was only when David united the tribes that the Jews rediscovered fragments of them, which made the reforms of King Hezekiah possible. Although even then it was only when the Jews were exiled to Babylon that anything recognizable to modern Judaism emerged. It was only the shock of being separated from the temple that led to the Jews placing more emphasis on studying the Tanakh and it was during their exile in Babylon that they began to observe the sabbath and their other customs that allowed them to keep their identity.

Of course, out of this group came Jesus. Whether you're a religious person or not, the reason Jesus Christ was such a hit was because of the Romans--and the way they dealt with him was classic martyrdom. The results should have been predictable, but for some reason nobody thought of that before they stuck him up on a cross.

Well it was a pretty effective method of dealing with the prophetic leaders of the many cults that were in the area at the time. It was also pretty effective in dealing with Christianity in Judea itself, martyrdom didn't do much for Jesus there. The real question is why Christianity appealed so much to the Jewish diaspora.

Islam is a whole different beast. How many of you knew that Muslims consider Jesus one of the most important Prophets? To Islamic eyes, being a Muslim is not being in opposition to christianity--it is being the next logical step forward like Christianity was to Judaism.

Well yes, four of Islam's five major prophets are Biblical characters. Although this doesn't mean you should get too hopeful about the inter-faith possibilities, the Muslim understanding of the Bible is very different to that of Jews and Christians.

[Beskar]

You got to remember that Christianity was full of converts, most often or not, the most notable were the the rich nobility of the Roman atrocity who used to be believers of religions such as Mithra. These lord and ladies, if you will allow me to address them as such, brought with them great art pieces and styles from their former regions, from songs, poetry and mosaics. As addressing the statement: "Christmas is a plagiarism of all kinds of things" the influences from the others through the major conversions of the area had a massive influence. Great many of Christianities' early traditions came from the converts of other faiths.

But basically Christianity was co-opted the suit the purposes of those in charge.