RE: The Historical Reliability of the New Testament
May 23, 2015 at 2:32 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2015 at 2:34 pm by Randy Carson.)
(May 23, 2015 at 1:38 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Does a Christian approach the supernatural aspects of the Vedas or the Koran with the hermeneutic of suspicion, or do they just accept the events as historical?
In the sense that these religions may have something to say about God that is true, then they might be approached with an eye to understanding the truths that they contain. For example, the Catholic Church recognizes that Islam, like Judaism, is one of the great monotheistic religions and that they worship the same God. So, they may be theologically unsound overall with some degree of truth mixed in.
As for other religions, Catholics recognize that other religions search among the shadows and images for the God who is unknown and yet near. All goodness and truth in these religions is a preparation for the full gospel which is the responsibility of Christians to explain so that all might be saved.
I don't know anything about the Vedas, so you'll have to ask a historian if there is anything of value in them from a purely historical perspective.
