He didn't. Up until the time of Paul (decades after the Jdog's death), Christianity was a Jewish sect seeking to become mainstream Judaism. It was only then that early Christians shed their Jewish identity.

That's in the story, but in the History, Christianity arose from Greece and Rome, not Judea. It was never a Semitic religion. Instead borrowing elements of that combined with Paganism.

Either way, a Historic Jesus would have died a Jew. The mythological Jesus may do whatever and I'm aware of Christians who'll deny he was ever a Jew.

He wasn't, there was no such thing at the time and he refers to himself as a Jew in the bible. Christianity wasn't named until after.

When did Metallica become Metallica fans?

Never - he was a Jewish prophet. Christianity was invented by Paulus.

This is a semantic argument. I say that Jesus is not a Christian, because Christians are those who follow Christ.

I think that Jesus is a Jewish reformist.

I grew up a fundamentalist Southern Baptist. In my late teens I started to question. One of the things that helped me drop Christianity was the thought process trying to answer: Who was the first Jew who died and went to hell because they didn't accept Jesus as their saviour?

Because biblically, the Jews were the Chosen People, right? So if you were Jewish, you went to heaven. But according to Christians, you have to accept Jesus now.

So when did that happen, exactly? When was it that the last Jew died and went to heaven, and the next Jew died and went to hell?

I'd say jesus never was christian. His followers were a jewish sect. In 70 CE with the temple of jerusalem destroyed it evolved into gnostic christians, paulician christians and jewish christians.

He didn't.

That's kind of like asking 'when did Rogue become a rogue-like?'

he's not a christian yet, but i'm pretty sure i'll be able to convince him before the end of this year

Once he believed he was the son of god, I guess.

He wasn't. His death was the birth of it around 30-33CE. They were still considered of Jews of Judea but followed the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, and that's how it's referenced in the bible until later revisions.

It was a sect of Judaism until re-written as Christianity.

I don't know but you could probably figure it out by looking at the paintings and other artwork to see when he started wearing a cross.

The same time God became Jewish

when did jesus become a christian?

in a world where dictionary meanings are peak: didn't happen if you consider Jesus as "christ"

a "christ" cannot be a "christ-like".

however, a lot of people have their own meaning of "christian" and could be a point of confusion. e.g., Paula White's "christian" is an oldie-timey version of customs when Jesus wasn't even born yet.

He never converted to Christianity, he started a religious movement that eventually evolved and, long after his death, came to be named Christianity

I don’t think he “converted” like that.

You know how the Queen of England never had a drivers license or passport because she’s the one who issues them and it would be silly to give yourself your own passport.

Jesus didn’t convert to Christianity . He was Christianity. It formed around him he didn’t convert.

At the moment of conception when the roman soldier raped her I guess.

Like with all religions in general, his parents decided.

Why the eagles didn't just take the ring to mordor?

answers we will never know because the author is dead

When he read a self help book that said you have to believe in yourself. Guess he took it too far. :)

Yesterday

He never existed. He is a figment of a religious groups imagination. He is a fictitious character based on ideas of what a religion needs as a figurehead.

Esoterica channel on YouTube has a merkavah series you may find helpful. It's about 10 episodes so I don't recall exactly which addresses it, though.