(March 25, 2010 at 10:46 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.bartdehrman.com/
Quote:Based on years of scholarship, and just in time for Easter, Ehrman's most important work-to-date reveals, among its many findings:
* Only 8 of the 27 books of the New Testament were actually written by the authors to whom they're attributed. Others are likely forgeries.
* The gospels provide remarkably divergent portrayals of Jesus.
* The message of the Apostle Paul and the message of gospel writer Matthew are completely at
odds over the question of whether a follower of Jesus also had to observe the Jewish law.
* The Nicene Creed and the Trinity were constructs of the later church and are not found in the pages of the Bible.
* Traditional doctrines such as the suffering Messiah, the divinity of Christ, and the notion of heaven and hell are not based on the teachings of the historical Jesus.
* The commonly told story of Jesus -- his birth, death, and resurrection is actually a composite of four vastly different gospel narratives.
These allegations are simply interpretations made by one man who, when he started researching the subject, was already hell-bent in discrediting the Gospel. Also, even the TEXT of the four gospel may differ a bit, its interpretation, its MEANING when studied under the prism of the Word of God and what he wants us to know, is simply without question.
(atheist speaking)
thats actually a very good argument, i had never heard it before and ill look into it
