(August 3, 2015 at 5:39 am)Aractus Wrote: Note too the differences within the Synoptic gospels also; but also the fact that there are some things that all four gospels agree on - for instance the Last Supper is recorded in every gospel and in Corinthians also.
The consensus is that Mark was the original and that it was used as a boiler plate template for what followed. Ignoring this to register some amazement in the similarities of the accounts in order to say some of it must be true, 'why else would they tell the same story', is what's disingenuous. Maybe it will make better sense this way: almost every story of Santa Claus depicts him residing at the north pole; therefore, there must be an element of truth to it. This same argument will hopefully appear a bit more odd than your Jesus and the last supper example.
