>First of all, there are records outside of what we call the Bible that also record the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Look at the works of Josephus for example.

Corroborated by whom? Can you point to any other case of "resurrection"? Or is it just wishful thinking of the people of the time?


>One of these has to do with the notion that of the 66 books in the Bible there were some 44 authors whose lives covered some 1500 years. The remarkable issue is that there is so much harmony actually among the authors. I've been studying and reading the Bible for some 30 years now and I can attest to this uniformity.

Doug. The Bible is full of contradictions! So are the Gospels! (which BTW none of them were written while Jesus lived, but generations later).

Are these contradictions?

e.g. Should we kill?
Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt not kill."
I Samuel 6:19 " . . . and the people lamented because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter."
Hosea 13:16 "they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with children shall be ripped up."

e.g. Should we tell lies?
Exodus 20:16 "Thou shalt not bear false witness."
II Thessalonians 2:11 "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie."

e.g. Should we steal?
Exodus 20:15 "Thou shalt not steal."
Exodus 3:22 "And ye shall spoil the Egyptians."

e.g. Should good works be seen?
Matthew 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works."
Matthew 6:1-4 "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them . . . that thine alms may be in secret."

and on and on...