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Lucretius · 11-05-2004, 06:34 AM

First of all as a newcomer here sorry if this has been dealt with before .
I have read a few comments here from people who believe that the New Testament was written as a result of "divine inspiration" acting upon the authors of the four Gospels.
Well something has puzzled me about this for some time IF these books are written due to this "divine inspiration " why exactly did God feel the need to "inspire" the same story FOUR times (with some subtle differences and spread over such a period of time ) ?
Was the first Gospel to be "inspired" merely God's first draft and subsequent versions the edited edition ?

Derec · 11-05-2004, 07:19 AM

Or in the case of GJohn, not so subtle differences.

Yeah, good point and one that apologists have no adequate answer for. It is unprededented in the Bible with the exception of Kings/Chronicles and that is only 2 times, not four. Also, the Jews had the sense to move Chronicles to "Writings" rather than to the Prophetic section with Kings (rather than the xian bible which places them back to back).

UMoC

Chris Weimer · 11-05-2004, 09:01 PM

oh, I can't wait to hear Chili's response (again) on what the gospels are all about. Really, it's interesting. Oh Chili!

Chili · 11-05-2004, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucretius

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Well something has puzzled me about this for some time IF these books are written due to this "divine inspiration " why exactly did God feel the need to "inspire" the same story FOUR times (with some subtle differences and spread over such a period of time ) ?

Good question! Better yet, why wait 200 years?

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Lucretius Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: . Posts: 1,014	Four Gospels First of all as a newcomer here sorry if this has been dealt with before . I have read a few comments here from people who believe that the New Testament was written as a result of "divine inspiration" acting upon the authors of the four Gospels. Well something has puzzled me about this for some time IF these books are written due to this "divine inspiration " why exactly did God feel the need to "inspire" the same story FOUR times (with some subtle differences and spread over such a period of time ) ? Was the first Gospel to be "inspired" merely God's first draft and subsequent versions the edited edition ?

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11-05-2004, 07:19 AM	#2
Derec Contributor Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 15,686	Or in the case of GJohn, not so subtle differences. Yeah, good point and one that apologists have no adequate answer for. It is unprededented in the Bible with the exception of Kings/Chronicles and that is only 2 times, not four. Also, the Jews had the sense to move Chronicles to "Writings" rather than to the Prophetic section with Kings (rather than the xian bible which places them back to back). UMoC

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Chris Weimer Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: none Posts: 9,879	oh, I can't wait to hear Chili's response (again) on what the gospels are all about. Really, it's interesting. Oh Chili!

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