Doesn't this fact bother any of you?
2007-08-04 03:22:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mizmead can you please site specific texts and authors?
2007-08-04 03:30:33 · update #1
it doesn't bother Christians because they dont believe that. They thing the disciples actually wrote the books.
2007-08-04 03:25:50 · answer #1 · answered by Apollo's Revenge 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Well, lets look at the time in history. you have 12 disciples, 1 of who , hang and killed himself. Many of the others where fishermen. One a tax collector. i would say that the ONLY one who could read and write was Matthew, the tax collector. Now while for three years they wondered all over that section of the earth, I doubt that modern conveniences such as as note pads, pens etc. where easy to come by. After the death and resurrection and Ascension, these men devoted their lives to preaching, Only when they would have had time and resources as they got older in their 40's 50's etc, would they have had time to set down and write the accounts that we have. Many of the letters from Paul that make up the new testament, were wrote while he was in prison. dose this bother me, no, why should it? Allmost every single one of these men died very painful deaths for what they believed in. They could have denied it at anytime and been spared but they did not, I'm sure they wrote their accounts very carefully.
2007-08-04 10:32:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK....(coughs)...I am guessing that you will receive some negative comments about this one. Do a little research. Christ and his ministry is mentioned in secular texts.
True scholars do not debate the existence of the man, they debate the deity of the man.
Edit: Here is a Wikepedia source...not the best but my time is short, and the information is accurate...I would have to pull out my text books to give you all my sources:
Of the few references outside of Christian documents:
Tacitus in the context of the Great Fire of Rome refers to "some people, known as Christians, whose disgraceful activities were notorious. The originator of that name, Christus, had been executed when Tiberius was emperor by the order of Pontius Pilate. But this deadly cult, though checked for a time, was now breaking out again."
[19] Suetonius, who wrote in the second century, made reference to unrest among the Jews of Rome in 41 AD caused by "Chrestus". This has been commonly identified with Jesus Christ, though in this case it must refer to indirect posthumous effects and gives no biographical information.
2007-08-04 10:26:21 · answer #3 · answered by mizmead 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There is a time for rejoicing and a time for sorrow. If you were standing next to Jesus and hearing his voice would you not be soaking it all up so that you could do as he asked and that was share the word with the whole world. Then once he was gone and the sorrow set in the writings began as a living testimony to his glory and sacrifice.
2007-08-04 10:39:56 · answer #4 · answered by imezru2 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it doesn't bother me. Most historical figures at the time were not written about while they were alive. Alexander wasn't, Plato wasn't, Hippocrates wasn't, Homer wasn't...can you name ANYONE from between 1500 B.C. and 200 A.D. that WAS written about while they were alive?
There was no point to writing about people while they were alive at the time. People could just go see the person if they didn't believe they existed, and most things were spread by word of mouth anyway.
2007-08-04 10:26:55 · answer #5 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think some of the Gospels were written after He died for us because they were carried on as oral history for a time. It is also possible that there are writings about Him from His era that simply have not been found yet. Some may have been destroyed. He was not popular with the Romans as you recall.
2007-08-04 10:27:17 · answer #6 · answered by jxt299 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It bothers me.
I believe that Jesus was actually an Essene Rabbi Yeshua ben Yoseph. Paul took this beloved teacher and used the story of Mithra to create a Christ.
2007-08-04 10:27:51 · answer #7 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Expense and availability of materials. Do you know how much it cost to get something to write on and write with that wouldn't crumble within a handful of years?
2007-08-04 10:30:47 · answer #8 · answered by Amber F 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't bother me, and it doesn't bother secular scholarship.
Compare who wrote about whom in the ancient world, and when.
2007-08-04 10:25:30 · answer #9 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Ask the romans and jews if he was really here or better yet study some history.
2007-08-04 10:27:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋