Contradictions in "rational" thought

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

I asked an agnostic today, who says the NT was made up, how fishermen managed to write similies like Shakespeare. He thought for a moment and said, "Well, they had scholars then you know."

Oh please.The disciples did not write the NT .The authors are anonymous. Jesus' fishermen would almost certainly have been illiterate and probably spoke only Aramaic..

As for the Shakespearian turn of phrase: The NT was written in Greek and then translated into Latin. Centuries later, it was translated into English.The most well known translation is probably the King James version,written in what is known 'Skakesperean English' . Modern versions, also translated from the Greek,such as "The Good News Bible', lack the elegant prose of the King James Bible .