Quote from Mom0/pH0x:
the so called 'gospels' were written roughly a couple of centuries after the death of jesus, they were also written by people who adopted christianity who had serious enmity against jews for not adopting christianity, christianity was struggling with judaism for legitimacy at this point, so all writings should be filtered through that logic... the 'gospels' were nothing more than an oral tradition for at least a century after the crucifixion supposedly occurred
Quote from TM_Direct:
classic example ....just a total lack of respect for other religions....logic???? ok lets talk logic...how many Jews were on earth at that time vs other religions????? or no religion??? struggling with judaism for legitimacy??? in whose eyes?....the gospels are more then oral tradition...the book of john is an eyewitness account...
Quote from Yannis:
Mom0/Ph0x,
You can quote any fake source you want and post insults all you like, but for me and millions of other students of history and theology all over the world through the centuries, the Gospels are authentic accounts of what happened then, not to mention their timeless spiritual message. Believe what you like and good luck to you.
Quote from saxon:
All of what momo said in the previous post is essentially correct.
Face it, TM...you are arguing with a jew who knows more about Christianity than you do.
Quote from Mom0/pH0x:
well, they write them to suit their purpose... it's not all that complicated.... sorry you are so contentious... [/B]
Quote from Mom0/pH0x:
Since "the higher criticism" of the 19th century, historians have questioned the gospel of John as a reliable source of information about the historical Jesus.[4][5] J. D. G. Dunn comments: "few scholars would regard John as a source for information regarding Jesus' life and ministry in any degree comparable to the Synoptics".[6] Most scholars regard the work as anonymous,[7][8][9] and date it to 90â100.
Most scholars agree on a range of c. 90â100 for when the gospel was written, though dates as early as the 60s or as late as the 140s have been advanced by a small number of scholars. Justin Martyr quoted from the gospel of John, which would also support that the Gospel was in existence by at least the middle of the second century,[22] and the Rylands Library Papyrus P52, which records a fragment of this gospel, is usually dated between 125 and 160 CE.[23]
and what's even more funny.... we don't know who the fuck even wrote the thing!
The authorship has been disputed since at least the second century, with mainstream Christianity traditionally holding that the author was John the Apostle, son of Zebedee. Several other authors have historically been suggested, including Papias, John the Presbyter and Cerinthus, though many apologetic Christian scholars still hold to the conservative view that ascribes authorship to John the Apostle. Most modern experts conclude the author to be an unknown non-eyewitness.[11]