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If the Gospels that we have today were not written by eyewitnesses or close associates of eyewitnesses, would you change your beliefs as to the moral value of the stories told in the texts?
This is not an attack on beliefs about the authors; instead, it is meant to bring out the ways in which we view the teachings.
IF the Gospels were written 50 to 100 years after the time of the resurrection, by people who had no personal relationship with the earliest believers in Jesus, would you believe they have less value in teaching us how to live moral lives?
Please don't argue about when and by whom the books were written. This is just about the words we can read today.
This is not an attack on beliefs about the authors; instead, it is meant to bring out the ways in which we view the teachings.
IF the Gospels were written 50 to 100 years after the time of the resurrection, by people who had no personal relationship with the earliest believers in Jesus, would you believe they have less value in teaching us how to live moral lives?
Please don't argue about when and by whom the books were written. This is just about the words we can read today.