# Where did Christanity come from and how did it get started? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 25, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-christanity-come-from-and-how-did-it-get-started/246954 "2004-05-25T06:24:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-christanity-come-from-and-how-did-it-get-started/246954/1 "2004-05-25T06:24:35Z")
This is something that I have wondered for a very long time. While reading the Bible I often wondered exactly who was it that wrote it, and how did it manage to overpower all the other religions that were dominant before its arrival. Anyone here know? ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-christanity-come-from-and-how-did-it-get-started/246954/2 "2004-05-25T06:51:17Z")
You really might want to do a search for terms like “bible” and “Christianity” in the SD archives, since issues such as this have been covered in columns. For example, there was a five-part series on “Who wrote the Bible?” a while back. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-christanity-come-from-and-how-did-it-get-started/246954/3 "2004-05-25T06:56:21Z")
> [@Hunter Hawk](#): > > there was a five-part series on “Who wrote the Bible?” a while back. [Voici](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbible1.html)