(May 30, 2016 at 3:18 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(May 29, 2016 at 3:15 pm)SteveII Wrote: Since the claims of Islam come through one man who is the only one who saw or heard anything, then you would have to invent some things that these hypothetical 27 authors witnessed.
... As opposed to your accounts, written by an unknown number of unknown authors, none of them during the time when the events happened, and none of whom were eyewitnesses? I don't think a christian really wants to be inviting comparisons, here.
Quote:The reason people still examine the life of Jesus is that if his claims are true, those events changed everything an an unimaginable scale.
There are an infinite number of patently untrue claims that could, as you say, change everything at the same scale. The reason people still examine the life of Jesus is hundreds of years of cultural inertia backed by socially acceptable indoctrination, a conservative mandate to block out opposing views, and an apparatus of threats and ostracizing to intimidate dissenters.
Quote: Your phrase "the only time God has ever been around" shows that you do not understand the result of becoming a Christian--the possibility of having a relationship with God.
You only get the possibility of a relationship with god from converting? How do you tell the difference?
You joined us on a tangent and a bad comparison of hypothetical 27 books supporting Islam.
Your characterization of the NT books as unreliable in one pithy sentence does not make any of it true. We have been discussing these things for many pages so if you want object to particular point, it may be easier to respond to the individual post.
Your reason why people still examine Jesus' life is not evidenced by the current growth of Christianity in countries where these influences are not present. It certainly was not the case in all places in all time periods.
Clarification: Becoming a Christian involves the start of a relationship with God. How far you take that relationship is up to the individual.