(August 1, 2017 at 11:11 pm)SteveII Wrote: You are wrong. The Claim is that the events outlined in the gospels really happened--one in particular: that Jesus Christ, the son of God, came to earth to redeem humanity and provide a way for people to have a relationship with God. The gospels catalog the claim. Acts gives researched historical data about the early church. The balance are letters discussing and applying the claim. A second point on this simplistic understanding: The NT consists of 27 different documents written over 50 years time (give or take). It's a little bit of an understatement to describe such a diverse collection of palaeographical gold as if it were one thing: the claim
There is also plenty of secondary and tertiary evidence I began to touch on above.
Steve, I want you to list the secondary sources that claim that Jesus was the Son of God, and no sources from believers. That's like polling Muslim scholars on the inspiration of the Quran.