RE: The Historical Reliability of the New Testament
May 14, 2015 at 5:59 pm
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2015 at 6:01 pm by Simon Moon.)
Quote:Randy Carson
(And for the record, the Council of Trent formally established the longer version as the "correct" version, so clearly, SOMEBODY thought there was a good basis for doing so.)
Yes.
Because they couldn't handle the story the way it was. The women fleeing the tomb and not telling anyone what they experienced.
Doesn't make for a very good way to communicate a miraculous resurrection, does it?
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.