Clivedurdle

Someone writes about an important person twenty years after their death.

Other writings appear 40 to a hundred years later.

No one else mentions this person. What is written has all the hallmarks of hero stories.

The stories are not even written in the local languages.

Why is any credence given at all to this messiah story?

jeffevnz

Because whether or not the average person believes something has little to do with how probable it is. The story tells people what they want to hear.

Life's a bitch and then you die. I've never met anyone who's happy about either one of those facts. But Christianity tells you that neither one is true.

youngalexander

Someone writes about a person one hundred & twenty years after their supposed death.

Other writings appear over the next six centuries.

Many others mention this person. What is written has all the hallmarks of fabrication.

A language is especially invented with which to do this.

Why is any credence given at all to this prophet story?

judge

We don't know when the books of the NT were written. We know the latest time they were written but we do not know how early they were written.


Very true, but what else would one expect? For the hero not to look like a hero?

Really? How do you know?

This theory has never been subject to the peer review process. When it has been subjected to normal scholarly processes then we will be able to comment.

One gives creedence to this the same way one gives creedence to anything.
One tests it out for oneself?

What happens when one adheres to the teachings of Christ?

This is the litmus test.