Are the gospels too late to be good history?

Christian Philosopher Gary Habermas describes how the New Testament writings date from 65-95 AD, just 30-65 years after the events they portray, a very small amount of time in terms of ancient historiography.

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[danjoeblue]

Go Habermas! Get the truth out there!

Thanks for posting, toolsfortalks.

[spitball301]

actually, it isnt

[paltalkx]

30 years is not really long.

can you remember what you had for dinner Mr Evangelist?

[stevenweir76]

@DannyAbdillah - And you know this how?

[DannyAbdillah]

@stevenweir76 He will, in the Day of Ressurection. and He was not just talk to Abraham and Moses, but also to Adam, Enoch, Noah, Eber, Saleh, Lot, Jethro, Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Ezekiel, Jesus, and Muhammad. Why He create Hell if He want all humans really know Him and want all humans never live in Hell?

[garith21]

The proper critique is that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, 2nd or 3rd hand testimony is what the gospels are, and even if they were 1st hand contemporary it still wouldn't be sufficient. As there are people we can interview today that espouse alien abductions, have legends about themselves or others, claim miracles that we don't believe, so why should a 2000 year old 2nd hand story claiming miracles be any more convincing?

[stevenweir76]

You people know that even if these books were written in 27AD, which they weren't, I still wouldn't believe it. Try to get this through your thick skulls, conjecture or hypothesis or philosophy or sophistry or apologetics is not evidence! If God is all powerful and wants us to know he exists, then why doesn't he just speak up. He supposedly talked to Moses and Abraham, why not anyone else? Doesn't something like going to hell warrant a parent stepping in to give a little help? This is pure BS.

[Shazoolo]

Great video resource by a excellent teacher. Thanks for uploading.

[johnnyaplseed2121]

@derhammerman He wasn't just a person.

[derhammerman]

I have no doubt that some of what was written is true. The historically verifiable parts would be true. However, just because it states that someone rose from the dead doesn't make it true. People don't rise from the dead.