Secondly the religion is the largest in the world. Every country in the world has Christians. This means that there are more churches, so that makes it easier to celebrate the word of the Lord. There are churches all over the world. There is probably a church within a mile from your house.
Thirdly RE has to be taught by law in schools so you can get all the information about Christ from your teacher that you need. This also means that children from a young age know about Christ and his disciples. So you can have roughly 11 years of religious education. You must learn something. In Catholic schools you get 100% Christian education and in non-catholic schools you still get 51% Christian information.
Fourthly there are such good role models to learn from and follow their example such as Mother Teresa who devoted her life to helping the sick. She was a great follower of Jesus and did loads of charity work, so she is a great example of a modern day disciple.
We also have the bible. This is printed in most languages. They did not have the bible and the ones they did have were in Latin so only a small amount of people could read the bible. But now the bible is not only in books but its on tapes and the Internet.
On the other hand other people would disagree with my point of view. They would argue that it is more difficult to be a disciple today. They might have the following reasons.
Firstly, they might say that it is more difficult because there is modern temptations such as the Internet which many people find a great temptation or a sin because of its content. There are also drugs and alcohol, which is one of the greatest and easiest temptations to get hooked on.
Secondly another problem is that Jesus is not physically here any more, so this makes it difficult to seek advice. So there is a lack of faith in the Christians because some of them want proof of what the bible tells them.
Thirdly there are many other religions which people join such as Hindu, Muslim, Judaism and thousands of others. This gets people confused and they just chose any one at random sometimes.
Fourthly, other people doubting Jesus. Because science is challenging the bible such as evolution. Science says we evolved from apes and the bible said at started off with Adam and Eve.
Even though you can’t be prosecuted for your beliefs in certain parts of the world there are so many conflicts between religions. So in some parts it is difficult to be a disciple.
My conclusion is that I still reckon that it is easier to be a disciple today but I definitely think there would be a lot more disciples if Jesus was still around.
