My View Of Christianity Changed At All Over The Course Of...

Has my view of Christianity changed at all over the course of this quarter? That seems to be quite a loaded question. My understanding of Christianity has changed drastically. I have learned where Christianity actually came from, where our roots are. I was really intrigued when we learned about why the Romans let the Jews continue to practice Judaism. The Romans were more interested with how old things were than the actual content of the thing. If Jewish religion wasn’t older than Roman religion our history may have gone much differently. Because the Romans liked old things, they let the Jews have a pass (Lecture 3/2). The question of whether my view of the Bible has changed over the course of this quarter seems to be quite a different question. My understanding of the Bible has changed quite drastically since the first week of January. As I wrote in my first paper, â€Å"My knowledge and history of the Bible is very little. I pretty much just know how to look verses up if I need to. 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