(June 28, 2016 at 1:47 pm)SteveII Wrote:(June 28, 2016 at 12:57 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: They are evidence that they believed certain things, yes. They aren't evidence that they're beliefs are actually true.
So then the NT is a description of what contemporary people believed to be true with respects to Jesus' life and claims. Why would they believe it to be true ..
Because gullible, aka pre-existing mindset?