This is notice of a public challenge to the Christian Church, bringing into question its past conduct.

To the Church of old:   The story you passed on to us about a first century Jewish movement…

was it faithfully told?

REFUTE THIS THESIS.

The premise of the thesis is that Christianity began in Antioch, and can't be traced back to Jerusalem.

The disciples of Jesus and their community in Jerusalem could only have been Christians if they changed their belief as a result of Paul's self proclaimed, exclusive, encounters with the risen Jesus. And there is plenty of evidence in the New Testament to say that this didn't happen. They were Jews who followed the teaching of their rabbi. Both these men and their movement disappear from the story in Acts, and from Church history, for a reason.

This thesis is presented as a podcast.   It's open to contribution and requires argument for the other side.

Its conclusion is that there is something fundamentally wrong with Christianity.

Can you demonstrate that there’s something wrong with the thesis?

Are the core doctrines of Christianity built on the teaching of the man we call Jesus, or not?

This notice needs to find a learned Christian willing to speak up for listeners who are waiting to hear the Christian response.

If that's you, choose any assertion made in the podcast, or respond to the whole premise,

and send it in as a voice message.

If it's instructive and concise, it will remain as part of the podcast, to provide a more balanced view of things.

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