RE: Totally NOT a debate about the veracity of the gospels
March 14, 2014 at 1:48 pm
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2014 at 1:50 pm by Mudhammam.)
(March 14, 2014 at 1:45 pm)discipulus Wrote:(March 14, 2014 at 1:31 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Yes, of course. But that's not what you said (nice try though). You said "faith," which by its definition does not allow for honest evaluation of the validity of faith itself. If by "continually questioning" your faith, which is your unsubstantiated or irrational convictions, it grows stronger, you have not asked yourself the proper questions. One a person might begin with is, "Why should I value faith over skepticism?" Or "Why value faith at all?"
Now you're arguing that the Gospels are not perfect but may contain some minor (or major, in the case of Jesus' birth narratives) contradictions that help to bolster their credibility?
Divergence in detail and contradiction are two different things.
Except that the two Gospel accounts of Jesus' birth are completely different with exception to a few basics (Jesus' parents were named Joseph and Mary, angel appeared to her).
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
