Do people really want to learn ?

We are living in a time of tremendous religious awareness when both believers and nonbelievers are engaged by their different religion and traditions.  People are seeking to understand the violence perpetrated in the name of God. 

Being a spiritual person, raised in the Catholic faith, I find myself asking some of the same questions. I decided to read a book by Diarmaid MacCulloch, the son of an Anglican clergyman. He writes with deep faith and feeling. His last book “The Reformation “won many awards.

I decided to read his new book “Christianity” in order to learn how the message of Jesus’ spread and how the New Testament was formed.  This book seeks to fill in all the blanks many Christians have about their religion.

It fills in often neglected accounts of conversations and confrontations in both Africa and Asia.  It explains how the message of Jesus spread to and through Europe and the United States. It covers the roots of the evangelical movement, the Crusades,heritics, among other historical and religion facts. It explains how books of the bible, were selected and by who, and why they were selected to be put into the New Testament while others were not.

It is 1000 pages plus  book that seek to teach and enlighten a true Christian believer. It is not an anti-Christian book and was written to bring believers out of the dark and impart an educated understanding of their faith.

Yet when I posted some facts and explanations on Facebook I lost many of my Christian friends. They seemed offended by the history and facts about their own religion. This confused me to no end. Why would so many want to live in ignorance and fear?  Sometimes I worry about my fellow man.” Seek and the answers will appear. Stick your head in the sand and the truth will pass you by" Gary Andres.