Couldn't God think of something more important to say to man than this?
2007-12-03 20:55:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Gospels are the good news of the Salvation of all mankind...the 4 gospels give us a much clearer picture of Jesus Christ, than any one individual gospel alone.
And since God chose to have it told 4 times, all with the same, and complimentary accounts...it only makes sense that they are that much more important than any other book which is only written once.
Take Care and God Bless.
Edit: in response to the poster above...the earliest copies of the Gospels we have, does not in any way mean that they were the earliest copies ever written. It only means they were the earliest we found. And even considering this, the earliest Biblical documents of the New Testament are dated closer in time to the original event, than "any" other ancient historical documents. And the earliest copies were written within 30 years of the events, not hundreds. Some of the Apostles and many of the witnesses of Christ were still living, which is why Christianity continued to grow so successfully even under the threat of death by the Roman persecution.
Also: no author named? The Gospels Of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John...those "are" the names of the authors
2007-12-03 21:02:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is four different accounts on the same event. According to Luke, according to Matthew, according to John and according to Mark.
There is a lot of repetition in the Qur'an. That is kind of silly because that is coming from one source. For example the story of the Moses and the pharaoh epic is repeated 27 times
I do not see that He could have said anything more important than John 3:16. It has eternal impact. And your decision starts here.
2007-12-04 08:12:22 · answer #2 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excuse me but what could be more important than saying that God had given his only son as a sacrifice for the sins of Man. I don't know if I believe but I would say that would be a important part of the story wouldn't it. If the bible says that the wage for sin is death and God offers to sacrifice his son so humans can live forever , instead of dying .I would say it would be important. I guess there is no pleasing some people.Like I said I don't know if I believe but least I get the point they are trying to express.
2007-12-04 05:10:10 · answer #3 · answered by ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Four different versions of the same story, each written at a different time by different people with different purposes. There are other gospels as well, but the early church did not include them when it was decided what to include as the "authoritive" literature. Seriously, there were are lot of competing "versions" of christianity, and some people got together to resolve these differences, and decided what they thought was important and what wasn't. And now people claim the bible is the only truth and yet this assertion is not even historically accurate.
2007-12-04 05:09:30 · answer #4 · answered by busterwasmycat 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
red dwarf poked fun at religion in the most original way ive ever seen
(newscast on the telly)
" Today our top story is that we have found the missing page of the bible, it goes towards the front and reads as follows ' the following story is fictional and all charactors portrayed within bearing resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely co-incidental............
hehe, also another great one from the world of science is the fear that once scientists, searching for ultimate truth and logic have found the smallest component of an atom - turned it over and underneath will be inscribed on it (in microscopic letters) "haha it was me all along - god!'
2007-12-04 05:19:37 · answer #5 · answered by Mr Gravy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who WROTE the four Gospels? Please note use of all caps for the verb wrote. In this context the writer or author is someone who penned the work. Since the Gospels were written hundreds of years following the deaths of the disciples, it is impossible for them to be the authors.
I ask again, who WROTE the four Gospels? Nearly 100% of all books in the library credit an author. Why doesn't the bible?
Telling a myth in four different ways does not add credibility. Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.
2007-12-04 04:59:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes. It's called the old testament.
2007-12-04 05:12:37 · answer #7 · answered by James Bond 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The editor of the bible also didn't notice the many discrepancies between the 4 versions.
2007-12-04 04:59:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
there's more than 4, there's only 4 in the bible.
2007-12-04 05:03:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋