I posted in a sibling response, but basically, you are correct. Jesus and the apostles were not out to create "Christianity". They believe that they were Jews w

I posted in a sibling response, but basically, you are correct. Jesus and the apostles were not out to create "Christianity". They believe that they were Jews who were following the messiah outlined by the Jewish scriptures. I just found that the notion "X predates this group, but also this group was that same group anyways" was funny, despite being a bit pedantic.