# Any non-Christian religions had non-private origins?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-non-christian-religions-had-non-private-origins/754973>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 17, 2016, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-non-christian-religions-had-non-private-origins/754973 "2016-05-17T06:52:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-non-christian-religions-had-non-private-origins/754973/42 "2016-05-18T07:11:10Z")

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> [@JohnClay](#):
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> {…} I’m going to look into it.

May I suggest [this](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0-LSnSBNIndBRbuFudY4iEkJ_KydGSDh) after, or even before, you do?

CMC fnord!

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**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-non-christian-religions-had-non-private-origins/754973/43 "2016-05-18T07:19:04Z")

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> [@crowmanyclouds](#):
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> May I suggest [this](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0-LSnSBNIndBRbuFudY4iEkJ_KydGSDh) after, or even before, you do?
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> CMC fnord!

Thanks well I’ve bought it on Kindle now. It looks like the guy is summarising what he is reading and so might be leaving some things out. But I think I’ll watch those videos (perhaps while browsing other things) and look closer at the book in areas that I want to investigate further. BTW the first 10 chapters are section 1 - “Learn to be a detective”.

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**Author:** ![SeniorCitizen007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-non-christian-religions-had-non-private-origins/754973/44 "2016-05-18T09:51:33Z")

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The Gospel of Mark began as a play performed before an audience. Later, someone who was opposed to it’s storyline altered and expanded it. Christianity has two “founders” … the original author of the play and whoever it wss used it to found his own private religion. Christianity did not come into existence as a consequence of miracles, etc performed by a holy man.

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**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-non-christian-religions-had-non-private-origins/754973/45 "2016-05-18T10:38:00Z")

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> [@SeniorCitizen007](#):
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> The Gospel of Mark began as a play performed before an audience.

Cite?

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