God, Creation, History & Faith: A personal journey through the history of religious belief

Peter Heyden had a conventional Christian upbringing, but after the trials of adult life had begun to test his faith in the Church he began to wonder about the basis of modern Western religious belief and worship in its various forms. He retired to Mullion in Cornwall in 2002 and set out to find the answers to some challenging questions about the foundations of Christianity and the origins of the Bible. If you have ever wondered why we worship God the way we do and where our beliefs about Jesus and his Disciples, the Holy Trinity, the Resurrection and many other aspects of faith come from, God, Creation, History and Faith will prove fascinating reading. The author’s findings will engage both the committed Christian – of whatever denomination – and the sceptic.

Since the end of the Second World War many archaeological finds have been made and much has been learned, particularly from the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi texts. Many early documents have come to light, which were buried to avoid the destruction of all kinds of early religious beliefs and practices ordered by the 'orthodox' Church. As a result a host of scholars, archaeologists, theologians and fiction writers have since written hundreds of books on the subject matter, which had been hidden for nearly 1800 years. Over the past six years the author has read over two hundred books, pamphlets and pages from numerous websites. He read them all with interest, but more importantly with an open mind, whatever the persuasion of the writer and whatever angle or message they have been trying to convey. This book has been put together by amalgamating many of the thoughts, ideas and claims written in these books, interspersed with the author's own thoughts and ideas. The aim is to provide for the author an explanation of what may have happened historically, and how that has affected his own thinking. It is for his own satisfaction to try to gauge the course of the history of creation and religion through to the establishment of the early Christian Church, and of course in so doing studying other religions as well.