tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957459353661518611.post1434970195566757696..comments2023-03-25T13:51:24.107-07:00Comments on Apologia: Resurrection SundayTim Schaertelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623100396777121434noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957459353661518611.post-44671248942563982952012-04-24T10:16:11.817-07:002012-04-24T10:16:11.817-07:00I already answered your first two requests. I am n...I already answered your first two requests. I am not sure what specifically you are referring to regarding Herod and Quirinius. I do remember some conflict over dates, but the Bible does not give dates. New Testament dating is based on tradition not on scripture, therefore whatever conflict you have is not with the Bible, it is with historical dating, which is debatable. My faith in the Bible does not rest on the confirmation of the scripture you pointed out in Matthew. There is no other account of this event but that does not matter, there is plenty of evidence of other Biblical events. <br />TACITUS illudes to a significant population of Christians in his writing as Nero would have no interest in them if they were not a significant number.<br />Paul's writings may well have been written down before the Gospels we have were, but there is nothing he writes that does not agree with anything in the Gospels. If i dont reply to something it simply means your statement is not worth a response. Of course salvation is the central issue in conversion, but all religions offer some sort of salvation, so there must be some othet compelling evidence. You say people may have been drawn for economic reasons in terms of the commune style communities that shared everything. That point does not float, because any religous group could do that, they did not need to convert to do that.<br />You may well know the Bible better than me, but you do not understand it, much like the Pharisees.Tim Schaertelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623100396777121434noreply@blogger.com