(July 17, 2014 at 4:55 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Are we to take it, then, that you continue to accept the New Testament as 'reliable scripture'?No, I do not see the NT as reliable scripture. I do see much of it as being reliable history, especially the undisputed Pauline epistles and the epistles including Acts that talk about the present - and as I said I do not question whether Jesus gave the prediction that Jerusalem would be taken by siege, however that prediction isn't really that impressive because it had happened before and happened a number of times after AD 70 too. I also believe in an early date for the gospel of John as I see it as irrational to believe otherwise in light of the early 2nd century papyri - that means it was probably written around 60 AD or the same time as the other synoptic gospels. That means that John's theology was likely competing against that of the synoptic authors. I believe that all four gospels and the book of Acts were written sometime about AD 50 - AD 65 (the gospel of Mark could have been written as early as 45 AD) and that we have the original wording (99.5%) through textual criticism.
Boru
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
