Eightball
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Dr Grump said:The history of the bible is only as good as the research done on it. IMO, if Constantine hadn't converted the Eastern Roman Empire to Christianity it may never have got the foothold it did. Ditto re Mohammed and Islam. It is all in the eye of the beholder.
I think Jesus was the motivator, and not Constantine. When dealing with omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence.........Constantine, Joe Shmoe, Gladys Cooper.....etc........are just tools in a divine plan.
What appears to be negative to the secular(atheist/agnostic) man.....is in actuality........a nice neat part of a plan that will send men and women to their knees, bowing in humility one day.
Romans 8:28..."God causes all things to work together for good..........".
Also, the bible is God's proverbial 2x4 to the stubborn mules head..........or man's head......We(humanity) are without excuse... We search and search under rocks, trees and thousands feet in the ocean depths as though the creator is playing a big old game of "Clue" with us. All along, He has revealed his majesty in that which He has created........Romans Chapter 1.