Is the universe God?

[EvolutionKills]

Nope. The gospels were written decades after the supposed events, by anonymous authors who were not eye-witnesses. Not only that, but even if Jesus did exist, he would have spoken Hebrew and Aramaic; the Gospels were written down in Greek.

Matthew and John were both apostles and their gospels were written within their lifetimes. The other writers were close associates of witnesses. Mark was a companion of Peter, who also wrote two books proclaiming the ressurected[sic] Christ. It doesn't matter what language they were written in. We read them in English or whatever language we speak. Since the new testament writings were not only addressed to the Jews it would have made sense to write in the prevailing language of the day which was Greek.

To start, you suck at formating.


Now then, you think that the Gospels were actually written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? You're that ignorant of the consensus of Biblical scholarship? The fact that the best evidence we have is that they were written decades after the supposed events, and didn't have names attributed to them until into the 2nd century? Do you know that the oldest and best preserved copies of the Gospel of Mark lack the Resurrection, and just end after the crucifixion? That the story of the woman caught in adultery in John wasn't added until the 8th century? We don't have any complete manuscripts or codexes until centuries after the supposed events? That there are more differences between the Greek manuscripts and fragments than there are actual word in the Bible? Still think your copy of the Bible is an inerrant trustworthy copy of some perfect original?


"Since the new testament writings were not only addressed to the Jews it would have made sense to write in the prevailing language of the day which was Greek."





Right, so you know nothing of first century Judea. The Jews tended towards xenophobia and isolation, they did not integrate well into the Roman Empire; hence the Jewish Wars spearheaded by the orthodox Jews of Palestine. More assimilated, or Hellenized Jews, were not only in the minority but also despised by the hardliners. If you wanted to reach the majority of Jews, you would not have written the Gospels in Greek; which was despised by the majority of unassimilated Jews. If your point was to convert the Jews, then you'd write the Gospels down in Hebrew or Aramaic; the languages that would have been used by Jesus if he actually existed.