The Historical Reliability of the New Testament

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You asked why the bible is inaccurate: it includes events that have been debunked by science such as the global flood (stolen from previous mythologies) and the "creation of the Earth out of nothing". Your only defense here is the argument from ignorance. Also the fact that it contradicts itself in hundreds of places makes it not even internally accurate.

We don't really need to see hundreds of pages of reasons why the bible isn't quite as crap as people say it is, all that matters is whether you can substantiate the supernatural claims. I hope it's not going to be "they wouldn't die for a lie" and "well most of it is quite accurate so it's all accurate". If you have something more convincing than that, I'm all ears  Talking about the motivations or credentials of the authors is not going to cut it I'm afraid.

We're not doubting your arguments are convincing to you, but you have a lot of work if you intend them to be convincing to us. For a start, they have to show how the supernatural claims of the bible can somehow be demonstrated to be accurate, using methods which wouldn't apply to all religious texts or indeed Lord of the Rings. As has been said, we want to know why you believe in Christianity. The real reason that actually convinces you.