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So do I. But that's just philosophy.  Has nothing to do with whether Jesus was the son of God, or got resurrected or other basic tenants of the faith[/quote]

For that we have the Gospels and Paul. You claim these aren’t “good enough” because they were written shortly or a few years after his death. Despite the fact that these are pretty incredible sources given the difficulty in finding anything contemporaneous from that period. Or historians’ inability to explain why Jesus’ followers believed so strongly in him that they were still willing to die for his message decades after his death. Methinks that if we found a contemporaneous WAPO account of Jesus’ daily doings, you’d call it “fake news.”

Unfortunately for you, over a billion Christians find these sources not only adequate, but wholly sufficient. You’ll just have to suck up that fact.[/quote]

The problem isn't that they were written "shortly or a few years" after his death.  The problem is they were written by people who were not there at the time, did not know Jesus and could not have known what they were talking about.  And as you (I think it was you) have said - you only want to believe in certain parts of these gospels and disregard the rest.  [b]So I guess you don't find these books "good enough" either[/b].[/quote]

Try to argue like an adult, even when you’re losing the argument. I guess pp’s on the first page were right—this whole thread is a troll thread. (OP says she attended a church for 12 years but doesn’t know the denomination.)[/quote]

Losing what argument? That the gospels were written by unknown sources who almost certainly were not eyewitnesses to the events - especially the virgin birth, the resurrection, the miracles like walking on water?  [/quote]

This is getting circular. You imagine nasty stories about Paul and discount the gospels, then you go back to your assertions. As pp said above, we could find a daily Post blog, 2000 years old, about Jesus, and you’d call it “fake news” and fall back on theories about schizophrenia that you personally have imagined. I’m done here. [/quote]

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