Comments on: Gospels as jury

By: 7 Quick Takes (6/18/10) | Unequally Yoked

7 Quick Takes (6/18/10) | Unequally Yoked — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:22:30 +0000

[...] debates and future topics here.–2– And speaking of evidence, Iamanatheist.com has a great post up that asks us to apply the standards of testimony that apply to courtroom witnesses to the [...]

By: Black Jeezus

Black Jeezus — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:13:59 +0000

I hate to sound biased, but the actual Gospel writers don’t pass any of these criteria, considering the fact that they were written decades after the events they purported to “witness.”

A witness in California testifying about a crime thirty years after it happened is questionable enough. But the minute he or she starts mentioning angels, demons, and magic tricks… that’s pretty much past the point where I or any other reasonable person would lend them any credibility as a reliable witness.

There is, in reality, much reason to doubt the Gospel accounts. In fact, I think that’s a bit of an understatement.

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:24:24 +0000

Thanks so much for this post! It’s great to contrast the concessions and assumptions that Christians ask us to make w/r/t the Gospels with those we are expected to make in other life and death decisions (i.e. capital cases).

Keep up the good work?