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The gospels are exactly the witnesses you say you are looking for. In your own words, they are "witnesses, however many people removed from the actual events."  
 
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I'm not the PP but have you studied Gospels side by side instead of just one right after the other?  There are plenty examples where one gospel might leave out, add, or even contradict something said by another about the very same topic.  For instance compare the birth narrative of Jesus in John, Luke, Matthew, and Mark.  There are striking differences in each.  Does this mean that they're ALL wrong?  No.  But it does beg the question as to why those differences exist in the first place.  My guess is that each author is trying to make a theological point and NOT simply factually retell a story.  Not exactly the best reference material.

Even if these were "just the facts", "eyewitness stories" (and they're not - on either point), that's still a terrible source of evidence.  Do we convict murderers on just eyewitness testimony?  Of course not.  It's certainly can be powerful but people get the actual account wrong all the time.  I don't think the Bible was ever meant to be a historical text.   [/quote]

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