A simple challenge for atheists

[bob96]

Where did you get the belief that the bible was created in the 4th century AD???

In the early days christians were following a rag tag collection of contradictory texts and oral traditions. It had gotten so bad that action needed to be taken. So they convened a committee and selected from the myriad sources the ones that:

A: Told a more or less coherent account and

B: Told the account that the committee wanted to tell.

This was the council on Nicaea convened by Emperor Constantine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea

None of the purposes of the council that you refer to in the Wikipedia article are actually mentioned. It seems you are getting your ideas from somewhere else.

The article actually states:
"A number of erroneous views have been stated regarding the council's role in establishing the biblical canon. In fact, there is no record of any discussion of the biblical canon at the council at all.[66]"