You keep saying "other apostles" as if those guys have any historicity to speak of. While I concede that Paul was probably a real guy (others can fight with you about that), I've yet to see any compelling evidence that the Big 12 actually existed, either. If we're supposed to be taking their testimony as evidence that they believed in a real guy, they had damn well better have at least as much historicity as Jesus; alas, it turns out most of them actually have less. More than half of them are just names on a page, and even those aren't consistent between accounts.
Paul is the hinge on which early Christian writings swing because he's virtually the only canonical NT scribe whose authorship we're even partially sure of. The books that are supposed to have been written by Peter, James, and Jude were most likely written by people who spoke Greek as a first language and not Palestinian Jews. The authorship of the Gospels is essentially impossible to determine, and the rest is either Paul or traditionally attributed to Paul but either forged or disputed. That we know of, the only evidence to support the notion that the 12 Apostles said or wrote anything themselves is roughly the same evidence that is used to justify the belief in a single, historical Jesus of Nazareth.
Also, I still wanna know what historical character "Jesus of Nazareth" would have been based on when the town of Nazareth doesn't seem to have existed during the time Jesus was supposed to have been alive.
Paul is the hinge on which early Christian writings swing because he's virtually the only canonical NT scribe whose authorship we're even partially sure of. The books that are supposed to have been written by Peter, James, and Jude were most likely written by people who spoke Greek as a first language and not Palestinian Jews. The authorship of the Gospels is essentially impossible to determine, and the rest is either Paul or traditionally attributed to Paul but either forged or disputed. That we know of, the only evidence to support the notion that the 12 Apostles said or wrote anything themselves is roughly the same evidence that is used to justify the belief in a single, historical Jesus of Nazareth.
Also, I still wanna know what historical character "Jesus of Nazareth" would have been based on when the town of Nazareth doesn't seem to have existed during the time Jesus was supposed to have been alive.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
