(July 6, 2016 at 8:43 am)SteveII Wrote:(July 5, 2016 at 9:44 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: How are you different in your belief in the miracles of Jesus than other believers in the incredible?
1) Content of the NT is internally consistent within itself and with the OT.
2) More historical support for more actual documents written by more than one person
3) Historical support of first century church
4) Person of Jesus is a compelling figure
5) Observations of personal effect of Jesus in the lives of other people
6) Personal experience.
1) So long as you approach it as the infallible word of God whose word will escape you until you find the correct interpretation.
2) Well sure, people who share your bias have been corroborating what you all believe for years.
3) Ditto.
4) Agreed. But I found Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment to be even more so.
5) Not sure you can reasonably claim the confirmation bias of others as support for your own.
6) That can as easily be explained by your clever brain producing that which you expect to find. C.B. goes deep.