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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]We have contemporaneous witness written account,[/b] we have written account of a witness to worshippers only a few decades later, not even a lifetime later, and we still have the same ethnic group in Syria practicing Christianity since the founding of that church was documented in the Gospels, as well as the lineage of patriarchs of the Syrian church - its on Wikipedia.  Not sure what the heck else would convince a devils advocate here[/quote]

Sorry, but I'm calling B.S. on this.  Either name it or it doesn't exist. [/quote]

The Book of John, written by Jesus's disciple John.  [/quote]

Theology, not history 
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John was written long after Jesus' time on Earth:

"The Gospel of John, sometimes called "the spiritual gospel," was probably composed between 90 and 100 CE. Its style and presentation clearly set it apart from the other three."
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/story/mmfour.html

also in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_John 
"John reached its final form around AD 90–110,[7] although it contains signs of origins dating back to AD 70 and possibly even earlier.[8] Like the three other gospels, it is anonymous, although it identifies an unnamed "disciple whom Jesus loved" as the source of its traditions.[9][10] It most likely arose within a "Johannine community",[11][12] and – as it is closely related in style and content to the three Johannine epistles – most scholars treat the four books, along with the Book of Revelation, as a single corpus of Johannine literature, albeit not from the same author.[13]"

Of course, it's a matter of faith that John was written by Jesus' diciple, John.  And when it comes to religious faith, facts are not relevant.
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^ you left out the part that said "The apostle John, son of Zebedee – traditionally the author was identified as John the Apostle, [b]but his authorship is almost universally rejected by modern scholars.[[/b]2][4]

It's interesting how the believers place so much credence in the weight of modern scholarship that is convinced of the historicity of Jeses (as am I btw); but wants to ignore the same weight of modern scholarship that rejects the book of John as having been written by the Apostle John.

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Yes, how many times have PPs posted Bart?

Guess they REALLY agree with his beliefs.  :lol:  
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