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 | One out of three humans worldwide identify themselves as a Christian -- a ratio that is very slowly dropping. |
| About 76% of American adults identify themselves as Christians -- a ratio which is still substantial, even though it seems to be dropping by almost one percentage point per year. |
It is generally acknowledged that more books have been written about Jesus than about any other individual in history. Even though our office library contains over 25 feet of books which deal entirely with Jesus, this is a miniscule fraction of the books written about Jesus during the past two decades.
As a newborn, Jesus was probably given the Hebrew name Yehoshua or Yeshua. He might have been called Yeshu by his family and friends in his home region of the Galilee. We will generally use Jesus throughout this web site because this is the name with which most people are most familiar and comfortable. We do acknowledge that some consider it disrespectful to call a person by a foreign translation of his name. It is worth remembering that his family, friends, disciples and followers never called him Jesus. We do occasionally use one of his actual names: Yeshua in our essays.
Jesus has been arguably the most influential human in history. Christianity has generated enormous passion in people. It has motivated billions of people to commit innumerable selfless acts. The religion has given untold numbers of people hope for a life beyond death. However, this passion has sometimes motivated horrendous events such as attempted genocides of entire people groups.
In recent history, people have been slaughtered, in part:
| Because they simply try to follow Jesus' teachings (as in the mass murder of Christians by the Muslim government and Arab militias in the Sudan). |
| Because they follow the "wrong" denomination (as in Catholics and Protestants killing each other in Northern Ireland). |
| Because they were not Christians (as in the genocide of Muslims in Bosnia by members of the Serbian Orthodox church, and in Kosovo by the former Serbian Orthodox government of Yugoslavia) |
| Because they were Christians (as the more limited mass murder of Serbian Orthodox and Roman Catholics in Bosnia and Kosovo by Muslims); or |
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Because they belong to the same Christian denomination but are of different ethnic backgrounds (as in the genocide in Rwanda among people who were mainly Roman Catholics). |
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References used:
The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above essay. The hyperlinks are not necessarily still active today.
- Dr. James D. Price, "Yehoshua, Yeshua or Yeshu; Which one is the name of Jesus in Hebrew?," at: http://www.direct.ca/
- Cryptonomic, "God and Jesus' many names," at: http://www.faithforum.org/
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Latest update: 2008-DEC-21
Author: B.A. Robinson
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