Cliffe Knechtle: What Professors Get Wrong About Christianity's Origins

Cliffe Knechtle says university professors are getting one of Africa's biggest religious stories wrong and a Nigerian student in the crowd is about to prove it with actual history. The clash starts when Cliffe pushes back against anthropology and humanities professors who claim sub-Saharan Africans only believe in Jesus because of colonization. He calls the idea elitist, pointing to well-educated Ghanaian friends in his own church who came to faith through evidence, not coercion. Then the student takes it further, laying out the real timeline: Ethiopia's Bible predates the King James Version, the Igbo and Yoruba peoples already had names for God before Europeans arrived, and Christian missionaries reached Nigeria before British colonial rule did. He also breaks down why northern Nigeria became majority Muslim and the south majority Christian, tracing the divide back to a historical jihad stopped by the Benin Kingdom's army. The full exchange also includes an earlier stretch of debate over whether morality can be objective without God, touching on everything from Nazi Germany to the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake. Watch how one campus conversation turns into a real argument over who gets to tell Africa's religious history. #CliffeKnechtle #ChristianApologetics #ChristianityInAfrica #CampusDebate #AfricanHistory Connect with us on social media for more inspiring content! Instagram -   / biblecomesalive   TikTok -   / biblealive   Facebook -   / biblecomesalive   Thank you for watching! Commentary on content sourced from @GiveMeAnAnswer YT Fair Use Notice: This video contains material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of education of Christian faith. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Our purpose is to help spread The Word in a more accessible and digestible way. We do this by enhancing audio quality, adding accurate captions, and providing commentary to bring clarity to these public debates. If you have any concerns or issues regarding the content used, please contact us so we can resolve them promptly. Thank you for your understanding and support. #Christianity #Jesus #cliffeknechtle