Oh Fuck! I gotta type this shit all over again....
Anyways,
what you posted does not expose anything in the bible.
You posted the same misconceptions that have been thrown around for years now.
On the contrary, what you brought up was full of holes and you know that because you can't address it.....
Let me answer your questions;
1) Islam is not the most "populous" religion, there are more Catholics in the world than any other religious group. And do you know why both of these religions are so big?
They were both spread by the sword....
2) Buddhism is popular here because it has very little resistance.
People are like water, they will always follow the path of least resistance.
Is it just a coincedance that this religion is very popular with the upper class?
LMAO!!!! I hope you understand....
3) Jesus was not a popular guy with the religious authorities of his time.
He was viewed as a trouble maker and heretic. Most people were afraid to follow him because he was going up against the system....
4) Converts were not paid man, are you crazy?
Christians were persecuted dude, the early followers were.
It was a crime to be Christian, it was like witch hunting season all year long for the Romans and Jews.
People had to spread the word behind closed doors, through the underground if you will.
Accepting Christ would automatically put a death wish on you.
But why would anyone do that?
Why would anyone accept a belief that would more than likely get them killed?
BECAUSE IT WAS THE REAL DEAL! Jesus resurrected and many witnessed it, how can you beat that?
If that isn't evidence of divine power than nothing is. People knew he was the Son of God, otherwise they wouldn't have put their trust in him.
Dude it is a miracle that Christianism even survived. No other belief system would've survived such a holocaust at that early state of infancy.
I hope you really think about this and take it into consideration....
5) By the time Constantine rose to power, there was probably more Christians than anything else.
His pride and ego consumed him, his thirst for retalliation got the best of him. And it wasn't just him, what became of the church did the same. Call it reverse persecution if you will.
These people forgot what Jesus's message of peace and love was all about.
Maybe they didn't forget, they just shoved it aside to make room for their idealogy....
6) The gospels are dated as back to 40 or 70 years after the crucifixion of Christ.
But that does not mean they were first written during that time frame, it just means that's how far back we can trace them so far.
With that in mind, this was still during the life of the actual writers.
Now remember what I said above, spreading the Word of Christ was a deadly risk.
And it was only until the apostles recieved the Spirit that they became fearless and started spreading the good news. And it was during this time that the books following the gospels were written. Thus being recorded....
7) The differences in the gospels are very minimal.
You have to understand that they were written by four different people with their own perspectives of the same events. Now what one missed, the other recorded. This is evident with what is found in the gosples.... There is thousands of copies of the gospels everywhere.... I believe they were letters, letters of warning to I forgot whom. That would make sense since there is so many copies of the scripture and its all the same no matter what language and time frame. People were spreading these scribes like flyers....
Peace bro,
Miggidy