RE: Yahweh is all powerful, yet, my god is better than your GOD
September 19, 2011 at 2:08 am
(This post was last modified: September 19, 2011 at 2:16 am by Justtristo.)
(September 19, 2011 at 1:49 am)lucent Wrote: I'm well versed on Barts objections, and secular arguments against it in general..if you want to discuss anything in particular.
What do you think are the flaws in Bart Ehrman's arguments concerning the lack of historical reliability in scripture (particularly that of the New Testament)?
Even despite I am a fan of his work, I do believe that is not sceptical enough concerning the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth. Because apart from the highly disputed paragraph written by Josephus. The earliest undisputed reference which survives outside the bible for the existence of Jesus was by Tacitus (around 105 C.E.) which he got clearly from here-say.
Indeed the lack of collaborating evidence from other sources (especially Josephus) about the events described in the gospels is pretty damning. If the events portrayed in the New Testament had actually occurred, Josephus would have written quite a lot about them.
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