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<blockquote data-quote="eninn" data-source="post: 3448074" data-attributes="member: 905408"><p>The best evidence that the gospels and Acts of the Apostles are mere works of fiction is scientific or historical or literary evidence,</p><p></p><p>The Gospels of Matthew and Luke have been demonstrated conclusively to be based on the Gospel of Mark, which means that they should substantially agree with Mark, and that any significant contradictions can be attributed to witness errors. A similar standard applies to the Gospel of John. When we compare the four New Testament gospels and find contradictions, as we do, then we know those contradictions arose from the imaginations of the author or authors.</p><p></p><p>We can even establish by literary analysis that the original New Testament gospel was a work of fiction. Rhoads, Dewey and Michie point out, in Mark as Story that the narrator would need to have had unlimited omniscience to know everything he wrote. They say:</p><p></p><p> The composer of this story has used sophisticated storytelling techniques, developed the characters and the conflicts, and built suspense with deliberateness, telling the story to generate certain insights and responses in the audience.</p><p></p><p>Literary evidence can also be used to demonstrate that the Acts of the Apostles is a work of fiction. For example, in An Introduction to the New Testament, Raymond E. Brown points to several problematic issues:</p><p></p><p> In his undisputed letters Paul gives us no information about the first missionary journey.</p><p></p><p> doubt has been raised about the Apollos episode at Ephesus as Lucan theologising</p><p></p><p> Since there is no confirmation in the undisputed (or even the pseudonymous) Pauline letters of the appeal to Caesar and the journey to Rome, some who challenge the historicity of Acts dismiss the account of Paul's hazardous sea journey in Acts 27:1-28:14 as novelistic fiction.</p><p></p><p> We can never verify the existence and martyrdom of Stephen, or the killing of James, son of Zebedee by Herod Agrippa</p><p></p><p>Arthur J. Bellinzoni takes this comment further, in The New Testament: An Introduction to Biblical Scholarship:</p><p></p><p> Whether this account [Acts 6] of the Hellenists and of Stephen's martyrdom reflects actual events in the history of the early church or is simply Lukan "theologized" history with little or no factual content is debated by equally competent scholars. The stories in Acts are permeated by literary, , leaving us with little confidence about details of the early history of the Jesus movement.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>كاهن مستقبلي يحاول تنصير مسلم | محمد علي</p><p></p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]HJRoEaCQVPE[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>ضربهم في موطنهم!<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🔥" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f525.png" title="Fire :fire:" data-shortname=":fire:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />الشيخ عثمان في أكثر المناطق الأمريكية نصرانية دون خوف وآخر يخاف من زوجته<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😱" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" title="Face screaming in fear :scream:" data-shortname=":scream:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="✝️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/271d.png" title="Latin cross :cross:" data-shortname=":cross:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]f9r3pH24P2E[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>هندوسيون يسألون عثمان بن فاروق عن الشيعة وطالبان</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]lbDMKshDkz8[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🔥" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f525.png" title="Fire :fire:" data-shortname=":fire:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😱" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" title="Face screaming in fear :scream:" data-shortname=":scream:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />مصري مسيحي يحاول إعاقة الدعوة<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="❗" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2757.png" title="Exclamation mark :exclamation:" data-shortname=":exclamation:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />️إلا أنه فشل أمام الشيخ عثمان! النقاش الذي أنهى الجدل </p><p></p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]5SjgPgPzyJ8[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eninn, post: 3448074, member: 905408"] The best evidence that the gospels and Acts of the Apostles are mere works of fiction is scientific or historical or literary evidence, The Gospels of Matthew and Luke have been demonstrated conclusively to be based on the Gospel of Mark, which means that they should substantially agree with Mark, and that any significant contradictions can be attributed to witness errors. A similar standard applies to the Gospel of John. When we compare the four New Testament gospels and find contradictions, as we do, then we know those contradictions arose from the imaginations of the author or authors. We can even establish by literary analysis that the original New Testament gospel was a work of fiction. Rhoads, Dewey and Michie point out, in Mark as Story that the narrator would need to have had unlimited omniscience to know everything he wrote. They say: The composer of this story has used sophisticated storytelling techniques, developed the characters and the conflicts, and built suspense with deliberateness, telling the story to generate certain insights and responses in the audience. Literary evidence can also be used to demonstrate that the Acts of the Apostles is a work of fiction. For example, in An Introduction to the New Testament, Raymond E. Brown points to several problematic issues: In his undisputed letters Paul gives us no information about the first missionary journey. doubt has been raised about the Apollos episode at Ephesus as Lucan theologising Since there is no confirmation in the undisputed (or even the pseudonymous) Pauline letters of the appeal to Caesar and the journey to Rome, some who challenge the historicity of Acts dismiss the account of Paul's hazardous sea journey in Acts 27:1-28:14 as novelistic fiction. We can never verify the existence and martyrdom of Stephen, or the killing of James, son of Zebedee by Herod Agrippa Arthur J. Bellinzoni takes this comment further, in The New Testament: An Introduction to Biblical Scholarship: Whether this account [Acts 6] of the Hellenists and of Stephen's martyrdom reflects actual events in the history of the early church or is simply Lukan "theologized" history with little or no factual content is debated by equally competent scholars. The stories in Acts are permeated by literary, , leaving us with little confidence about details of the early history of the Jesus movement. كاهن مستقبلي يحاول تنصير مسلم | محمد علي [MEDIA=youtube]HJRoEaCQVPE[/MEDIA] ضربهم في موطنهم!🔥الشيخ عثمان في أكثر المناطق الأمريكية نصرانية دون خوف وآخر يخاف من زوجته😱✝️ [MEDIA=youtube]f9r3pH24P2E[/MEDIA] هندوسيون يسألون عثمان بن فاروق عن الشيعة وطالبان [MEDIA=youtube]lbDMKshDkz8[/MEDIA] 🔥😱مصري مسيحي يحاول إعاقة الدعوة❗️إلا أنه فشل أمام الشيخ عثمان! النقاش الذي أنهى الجدل [MEDIA=youtube]5SjgPgPzyJ8[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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