Part one of term paper
Religion is an impulse to explain. A natural impulse that everyone has and everyone one grapples with. It's an impulse that, sadly and ironically, has been exploited to convince people to take actions that defy and demean that impulse. These exploiters are the ruling elite of nearly every society, in every era. It's not hard to understand th ...

Part two of term paper
... that seems to have tried to reform Judaism. His death led to a spread of his words by his twelve closest followers. Simon Peter - seemingly designated by Jesus to lead after his death. Paul - it was his efforts that expanded Christianity into a religion distinct from Judaism. Each one of these men could be considered to have founded the Christian religion. The Christian religion began with the ministry of Jesus Christ. He proclaimed himself to be the Messiah. Messiah is an Aramaic ...