A thought experiment:
So, there is an isolated civilisation who has never had any contact with any other humans
They therefore have zero knowledge of Christianity or any other religion, and they lack a God concept similar to that which features in the "Abrahamic" faiths. The concept of "God" is alien to them. Perhaps they worship woodland spirits......?
But they can read
One day, God descends from the heavens and hands them a Christian bible written in their language, that they can read, and tells them that he wants them to follow whatever the bible says and to believe in him as their one true God
And they decide to read it, and do exactly as it says and to also to believe in God
A few hundred years later and having still being isolated and having had plenty of time to study and implement the bible, and to live accordingly and to organise their society accordingly - would the isolated civilisation be recognisably Christian???
So, there is an isolated civilisation who has never had any contact with any other humans
They therefore have zero knowledge of Christianity or any other religion, and they lack a God concept similar to that which features in the "Abrahamic" faiths. The concept of "God" is alien to them. Perhaps they worship woodland spirits......?
But they can read
One day, God descends from the heavens and hands them a Christian bible written in their language, that they can read, and tells them that he wants them to follow whatever the bible says and to believe in him as their one true God
And they decide to read it, and do exactly as it says and to also to believe in God
A few hundred years later and having still being isolated and having had plenty of time to study and implement the bible, and to live accordingly and to organise their society accordingly - would the isolated civilisation be recognisably Christian???