Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism

[Jehanne]

I base it upon what is recorded in the Gospels, namely, Mark, Chapter 1.

How is it that Paul's letters survived?

Dawn

There's nothing in Mark Ch 1 that says or implies that Jesus was illiterate.

Boru

It's an inference.  Mark is the earliest Gospel and it states that Jesus "passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen", which implies that he and they were of the same social class.

Fact is that 7 authentic letters of Paul survive and nothing from Jesus does, which implies that Jesus wrote nothing, likely, because he could not write.

Dawn