(September 18, 2014 at 3:36 pm)C4RM5 Wrote: Do you know that the four gospels were written by people that were part of Jesus' close disciples. It is an eyewitness account.
Actually, they were not.
The latest scholarship is pretty conclusive that they were written by unknown authors, none of which were eyewitnesses.
The earliest Gospel, Mark was written no earlier than 40 years (but more likely, 70 years) after the alleged death of Jesus.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
