Debunking C4's conspiracy theory
The first two programmes of the Channel Four series Christianity — A History, screened in January, were odd. Neither presenter — Harold Jacobson and Michael Portillo — professed an active Christian faith, nor were they academic scholars in the fields of New Testament and Church History studies.
Anthony McRoy
The programmes presented two canards often found in anti-Christian polemics (I frequently encounter their use by Islamic polemicists against Christianity) — that Paul was responsible for changing the pristine religion preached by Jesus, and that Constantine completed the process, notably by establishing the canon of Scripture.
