RE: Why do Christians trust the Bible?
October 20, 2014 at 1:07 pm
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2014 at 1:15 pm by Vivalarevolution.)
I'll attempt satisfactory answers for chad32 and jesus h christ.
1)chad- what of the probability that they didn't think it necessary to write until then. The epistles are the earliest verified texts followed by gospels.
Maybe they decided to write gospels only AFTER paul went to rome / the temple was destroyed. Maybe they didn't see any use of writing accounts until after a greater number of people believed. Maybe the fact that so many people became Christian and wanted to learn more about the acclaimed saviour gave them an idea to write the gospels. Maybe AFTER luke and john saw the use and impact of writing it down (matthew, mark) did they write their own accounts ( although luke makes it quite clear why he wrote it
2) Jesus. H. Christ - I think i answered the first part of your question. But the second part of your question . . . I really don't know how to respond. I guess that really does depend on how we CHOOSE to see it and interpret? I'll get back to you on this.
The only way I'll attempt to answer is through another question- did you know biographies of confucius's life weren't available for 400 years after he died. (Of course you first have to believe confucius existed first)
Note this isn't the answer to your most recent question
1)chad- what of the probability that they didn't think it necessary to write until then. The epistles are the earliest verified texts followed by gospels.
Maybe they decided to write gospels only AFTER paul went to rome / the temple was destroyed. Maybe they didn't see any use of writing accounts until after a greater number of people believed. Maybe the fact that so many people became Christian and wanted to learn more about the acclaimed saviour gave them an idea to write the gospels. Maybe AFTER luke and john saw the use and impact of writing it down (matthew, mark) did they write their own accounts ( although luke makes it quite clear why he wrote it
2) Jesus. H. Christ - I think i answered the first part of your question. But the second part of your question . . . I really don't know how to respond. I guess that really does depend on how we CHOOSE to see it and interpret? I'll get back to you on this.
The only way I'll attempt to answer is through another question- did you know biographies of confucius's life weren't available for 400 years after he died. (Of course you first have to believe confucius existed first)
Note this isn't the answer to your most recent question
