(August 25, 2012 at 8:36 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:(August 25, 2012 at 6:59 pm)spockrates Wrote: ...
So would you say your doubt of the historical reliability of the New Testament books and letters stems mostly from their contradictory accounts, or from your doubt of the fantastic claims about Jesus Christ?
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It stems equally from both and more. The gospels can be shown to have an evangelistic agendas tailored to their audiences. Most of the individual stories are not unlike many other stories of myths. Jesus dying and then rising is just another instance of the dying and rising god motif.
Interesting. Will you give me an example of one such motif?
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains (no matter how improbable) must be the truth."
--Spock
--Spock
