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Originally Posted by SOBERMARK
The Christian tradition begin before recorded history with the Aural tradition. Some of this is even obvious in the Bible. You may notice that the book of genesis has a short story at the start, that was a spoken memorized story told around Hebrew Camps long before most people were writing anything. You may not beleive it, but, the Christian Traditions begin at the beginning of time. The Bible has survived for a minimum of thousands of years. The odds and probability is that that will continue.
But you don't really believe that Christianity has not changed in all this time, do you? The aural traditions you're talking about involved Judaism, not Christianity. Even now, there is a plethora of denominations with a multitude of different practices, rituals, and biblical interpretations. Christianity, just like language, culture, and other religions, has evolved over time.
When you say 'Christian traditions' began at the beginning of time, you can't possibly be correct, because there is abundant evidence of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian religions literally thousands of years before the Jews even existed. Unless you are claiming to be a young earth creationist...?