Are the Gospels Contradictory and Contain Fiction?

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[tiger355]

read Bart Ehrman's "jesus interrupted".

then come to your own conclusions. it provides a scholorlay examination of the the bibles contradictions. it made me much of an atheist, but it may have a different effect on you

[LaneCh]

James White debated Bart Ehrman in January of this year. You may want to find that debate online, too.

[jpanson]

Are you kidding? Don't try to explain that the contradictions are just different parts of the same story.  Some of the depictions DIRECTLY contradict one another and can't be part of the same story.

[LaneCh]

Such as?

[Noxshus]

@LaneCh The day Jesus died.

[looncraz]

"God gave us all four..."

That's some funny shit right there!!

I think when he says god, he means the Council at Nicea... and they chose not to include MANY other gospels. Including that of James...

They tried to portray Jesus in a certain divine manner, and only chose writings that fit that purpose. They likely even made modifications to suit their own desires, though I doubt that can be shown...

These ARE contradictions...he was solemn at death vs he was upset and angry at god...yeah...

[LingaShaved]

he is a LIAR.

[AtheistToothFairy]

If god allowed the gospel writers to 'do as they pleased' with documenting the life of jesus, then god wasn't a god at all, but just a STUPID being who didn't understand human nature at all.

[Machin3God]

You can't really buy into these arguments unless you are already indoctrinated.

It seems to me that god did a really bad job at trying to convey his message of salvation. There are almost 39000 different christian denominations all arguing about how to worship god. Plus 3 different religions spawned by the old testament that have been at each others throats' forever.

If god really cared about us he would make sure that his message would be unaltered and would be clear to everyone. Not this.

[MsGingergingercat]

@djs259; "If Ehrman was a serious scholar it stands to reason that he'd be putting out something more than popular books..." Wha... did I *miss* something in "...putting out something more than popular books..."? What are you looking for, Books-On-Tape? Videos? And when you say "tons", I trust you don't really mean metric tons, eh? There's tons of foolishness out there in the world (educated and otherwise). And I can see no Erhman Agenda: he seeks Truth honestly and straightforwardly.

[djs259]

@MsGingergingercat I wasn't even talking about his published papers, which, incidentally, never made him the poster child for dumbo atheists and Muslim fundamentalist fanatics. Read my comments again.

Moreover, it is an indisputable fact that there are tons of other scholars that disagree with his conclusions, with more impressive academic credentials to boot.

But I guess you would argue they are all biased in favor of the Gospels, unlike Ehrman, who has no agenda whatsoever. Baloney my friend!

[MsGingergingercat]

Weak Apologetic Nonsense, in toto. KThxBye!