Since the Gospels were a product of the Gentile Church, which was at odds with the Jerusalem Church?

Question

over both minor and major issues of theology and interpretation, how can Christians trust the depiction of Jesus as presented in the Gospels.

Likely, the original Jewish followers of Jesus didn't live long enough to see their leader turned into a Greek/Roman God-Man, and they had little or no concerns beyond the reformation of their local religion.

Hundreds of false documents were produced by the early Church bearing their names, but most of them are considered fakes even by the Church.

Even the letters in the New Testament are suspect. When did Peter, a simple illiterate Galilean fisherman, learn to write in the sophisticated style of Greek found in his letters?

Acts is a propaganda book.

Acts was produced by the same Gentile church I mentioned in the original question, Horton.

Answer 1

The entire New Testament was credited to Jews with the (supposed) exception of Luke and Acts. All the books are much more fun, enlightening, and exciting to read when they're read as Jewish books full of Jewish idioms written by Jewish authors for a widely Jewish audience. The idea of a "gentile church" is suspect. Gentiles who hung around at the synagogue and believed in a Jewish messiah were to be considered part of the commonwealth of Israel (Luke included). Fortunately, as you seem to have found, there are plenty of historical documents around. They show how rampant anti-Semitism changed a Jewish sect into what is now a pagan offshoot of the Babylonian mystery religion started by Nimrod (the seed of Greek and Roman mythology).

As far as Peter is concerned, I suspect an omnipotent God is able to give a man a far more impressive education than any human teacher. His access to wisdom isn't really an issue unless you disallow God, at which point this whole conversation becomes pointless. The nice thing about anything that you find suspect in the Bible is that you can taste and see, try the spirits, and see if it matches up with the whole counsel of God, which means the Torah, Writings, and Prophets. Very little is "new" in the New Testament. It's mostly commentary on the "Old" Testament.

Happy researching!

Answer 2

Well, history is written by the winners. The Roman church won. As to how they can trust the accounts given, I'm told that requires faith. Perhaps faith in the interpreters hired by King James?

Answer 3

Read Acts 15, where the Jerusalem church and gentile churches reconciled. Read the New Testament with a receptive heart.

Answer 4

Peter learned that trick from the same place Mohammad learned to write the Qu'ran. I think there's an on-line course for it.

Answer 5

Hence the Qur'an...