(March 1, 2015 at 10:30 am)DeistPaladin Wrote:(March 1, 2015 at 9:59 am)Stimbo Wrote: And should your NT conflict with actual known history, what then? Which takes precedence?
Hell, forget history. If the Gospels conflict with each other or with other books of the Bible, which one takes precedence?
Example: After his baptism, did Jesus go off into the wilderness for 40 days (Mark) or did he hang around for a few days gathering disciples and then attend a wedding (John)?
Quote:Mark 1:12-13 And immediately (after the baptism) the spirit driveth him (Jesus) into the wilderness. And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
Quote:John 2:1-2 And the third day (after the baptism) there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
*Dons apologist cap* Well, uh, you know how eyewitnesses always disagree about details in their recollections of accounts? Well, um . . . this is just another example of that. After all, if the accounts all matched up in, uh, every minor detail like what Jesus did after his baptism, that would be suspicious and probably a -- you know -- fabrication. But we can be sure this is a true story because the little details are just a bit different.
