Would you object so vehemently to stories of Mohammed, Buddha, and other religious leaders? When PBS aired its biography of Buddha, did you say they lost all credibility? Or is it this story that rankles you more than any other? You are free to not believe the story. Are you going to deny that Paul's story changed Western civilization and affects our culture even today? Even the most ardent atheist would not argue that. [Also, Brenda, you don't present yourself as much of a scholar when your writing is rife with errors. It's pseudo, not sudo. And you meant to say "they," not "the." And the holy book usually is capitalized, Bible. And you shouldn't capitalize the common noun "history." And it should be "children's stories" with an apostrophe. Maybe you should consider that you don't know everything and you may need to investigate more.]   See 6 other replies

How is referring to Paul meeting the ghost of Jesus on the road to Damascus "historically accurate"? The problem with your argument is that it is virtually impossible to find an objective critic on the topic of the Bible in this culture. Rather, what we have are countless "experts" lying by omission, making grand, eloquent comments about the Biblical texts while leaving out all mention of supernatural events mentioned in such texts. Just because the Trojan War actually happened, it does not follow that every word in The Iliad should be taken at face value. Since Judaism and Christianity seem to value honesty, For that reason, I don't know why more of these so-called "scholars" don't adopt the same manner of thinking in regard to the Bible. It's fundamentally dishonest to present the Bible as a "historically accurate document."   See 6 other replies

The problem with our country is idiots believing this nonsense. Its a STORY. A fictional STORY....thats it!! Anyone with any common sense would know after reading just a couple of pages of the bible that it is a fraud. We humans have learned sooo much more since the bronze age.   See 6 other replies

Really Brenda you should check your facts before re-quoting someone else's rhetoric. Time magazine commented that “almost no educated person these days doubts that Jesus lived.” There is a reason the book of Acts from the bible is often quoted as historical narrative. Sir William M. Ramsay rates the writer of Acts “among the historians of the first rank,” and he explains what this means by saying: “The first and the essential quality of the great historian is truth. What he says must be trustworthy.” “Luke the beloved physician,” and his work is of the scholarly order one would expect from a well-educated man, such as a doctor. His fine choice of language and his extensive vocabulary make possible a most careful and comprehensive treatment of his subject. Throughout his writing, Luke proves to be an outstanding narrator, his accounts being well arranged and accurate. These qualities of accuracy and fidelity in Luke’s writings are strong proof of their authenticity. A legal writer once observed: “While romances, legends and false testimony are careful to place events related in some distant place and some indefinite time, thereby violating the first rules we lawyers learn of good pleading, that ‘the declaration must give time and place,’ the Bible narratives give us the date and place of the things related with the utmost precision.” (A Lawyer Examines the Bible, 1943, I. H. Linton, page 38) Time and time again that has been proven through historical writings and archeology.
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my problem is in the mis sightings. it says Jesus only preached to Jews but there are several examples of him preaching to gentiles and encouraging his message to be spread among them.   See 6 other replies