The Historical Reliability of the New Testament

[Randy Carson]

Paul created the Jesus character after suffering from heat stroke on the road to Damascus to beat up on the members of the Way cult.  Paul was the first one to preach about Jesus and he was the first one to write about him.  

Peter preached the resurrection of Jesus in Acts 2.
Stephen preached the resurrection of Jesus in Acts 7.
Saul wasn't even converted until Acts 9.

Tell us again how Paul was the first one to preach about Jesus...now THERE is a fairy tale in the making. 

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OK, I'm going to have to sign off then. I've made my case several times and we're just going in circles. I'll only be repeating myself at this point. Clearly you think you have addressed things when as far as I'm concerned you have not, and vice versa.

Thanks for the debate Maybe I at least gave you a little food for thought. Possibly a nibble. I appreciate the effort in addressing my posts, I enjoyed the challenge.

A pity. But before you go, would you please comment upon this (which I wrote previously):

Can I go line by line and PROVE that Jesus spoke every single word in every single parable in precisely the order presented? Of course not. But what I can do is to demonstrate that the authors were knowledgeable and reliable in the details which we can verify - and this gives us the overall impression of general reliability. IOW, we can say with some confidence that the authors were probably telling the truth about the significant details of Jesus' life because they were clearly telling the truth about those things which we can verify.


Thanks.