One of the FUNNIEST pieces I have ever read--bar none!!
A Christmas question: Are the Gospels more reliable than scholars once thought?
(This sounds really thoughtful and serious!) (But what is it really!!!)
By Robert J. Hutchinson
Published December 14, 2015
FoxNews.com
Stone house discovered in Nazareth, Israel (photo from Mary of Nazareth Center)
What about those pictures?! Reliable gospels?! :-)
It’s the Christmas season... and once again Americans face questions about the historical accuracy of the Gospels.
Do they?! Or just Fox News!
For more than a century, skeptical scholars have claimed that much of the New Testament is legendary, invented by the early Christians in the decades after the crucifixion. A few even claim that Jesus of Nazareth didn’t exist at all.
ALL scholars know the tribal tales are tribal tales--as are all tribal tales in all cultures.
But in just the past few years, dramatic discoveries in archaeology and New Testament studies have led even many secular experts to question this hyper-skeptical approach.
Psss... We just don't know which ones! Which is why we do not give any names!
For one thing, archaeology is actually confirming the existence of many people, places and beliefs mentioned in the New Testament.
We just don't have any references or evidence so we won't make an actual claim!
A revolution is going on in New Testament studies. Many of the skeptical ideas of the past century are now being questioned by secular experts.
These discoveries include the remains of a first-century stone house in Nazareth,
This is the major claim of "the gospels"? People can make houses out of stone! Wonderful! I was stuck on that in my search... :-)
Archaeologists have identified the ossuary of the high priest Caiaphas and perhaps that of James the Just – believed to be the brother, stepbrother or cousin of Jesus.
"perhaps that of James the Just – believed to be the brother, stepbrother or cousin of Jesus."
That is what I was thinking!! Or maybe Alvin the crackhead who I believe to be the mother or father or food of Mr. Carrot!
Beyond archaeology, New Testament scholars also are making dramatic discoveries that undermine more than a century’s worth of skepticism toward the New Testament. One example of this is
...an agnostic scholar in the U.K. who is challenging the assumption that the Gospels were all written 40 to 60 years after the crucifixion. Based on clues in the text, this scholar argues that the gospel of Mark could well have been written as early as the mid-30s -- perhaps just five to ten years after Jesus was crucified.
An agnostic? In the U.K.? This unknown person is challenging what with what? What did she say?! She (if she exists) challenges that!! Is that It? I wonder if the world will ever hear about this "CHALLENGE"!!
Another example are experts who claim that the Gospels show signs of first-hand, eyewitness observations and written sources -- and that some of those sources could well have been written while Jesus was living and preaching in Galilee.
What signs????
In addition
(the best line of the screwball propaganda PIECE FOR TINY MINDS!) "In addition" !!!!!
, by analyzing Aramaic phrases embedded in the Greek texts of the New Testament, scholars have discovered that it was the early Jewish followers of Jesus who proclaimed him “son of God” and “standing at the right hand of God,” not the pagan Gentile followers who joined the movement in the centuries after the crucifixion. A number of top New Testament scholars have recently argued that belief in Jesus’ divinity arose very early, within a year or two of the crucifixion -- not decades or centuries later as skeptical scholars once thought.
Bottom line: A revolution is going on in New Testament studies. Many of the skeptical ideas of the past century are now being questioned by secular experts. And increasingly, some top scholars are concluding that the Gospels are likely far more accurate historically than once thought.
A WONDERFUL SUMMARY OF A MENTAL MIDGET TRYING TO MANAGE A BOWEL MOVEMENT!!
"Something to ponder this Christmas season."
What?? Not a single evidentiary premise was put forward? What are we to ponder??? This dim-witted and dishonest fellow should ponder his own vomit! One can respect honest people who reach unjustified conclusions. But one has no respect for "clever" propagandists.
NEW DISCOVERIES?? Were you too ashamed to mention them??????????????????
Robert J. Hutchinson is the author of "Searching for Jesus: New Discoveries in the Quest for Jesus of Nazareth – And How They Confirm the Gospel Accounts” (Thomas Nelson October 27, 2015).
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