Christianity is a historical religion, with unsurpassed evidence.
As I examine the motives and consequences related to the testimony of the Apostles, I still find their martyrdom to be one of the most powerful evidences related to the veracity of their testimony.
Such a motivation can’t last long enough. Neither 3 main materialistic motivation are involved which are sex, money, power. And why would one go to the point of self surrender, when persecution on judeo Christians was through Rome and Jews, and these persecutions were not linient they were literally bloodbath. So the testimonials are true..
Micah 7.15.
Christianity is historical with evidence. Jesus of Nazareth, not so much. No reliable first century evidence for him, biblical or otherwise.
Nope. In Christianity, you tell the truth to become a martyr.
The gospels are not apostolic conspiracy but Roman conspiracy. The gospels were probably written by Josephus Flavius as Roman propaganda directed against the Jews. It was written just after 70 CE, by the time all the biblical “prophecies” have been fulfilled. Why would the son the the God of the Jews tell the Jews to pay taxes to an invading army? To Ceaser??
Truth matter, not opinions
https://www.facebook.com/687913871297592/posts/2911082975647326/?d=n&substory_index=0
Group hallucinations debunked:
https://www.facebook.com/687913871297592/posts/2910414829047474/?d=n
NT & Gospels historical evidence:
Gospels are early accounts
Dead Sea Scrolls Cave 7. Jose Callahan discovered a fragment of the Gospel of Mark and dated it to have been written in A.D. 50. He also discovered fragments of Acts and other epistles and dated them to have been written slightly after A.D. 50.{4}
https://probe.org/the-historical-reliability-of-the-gospels/
Cumulative Historical and
Geographical detailed evidence, early and local.
Geography
The Gospels are meticulously accurate with respect to these details. The authors, for example, mention twenty-six towns — many of which were small and insignificant
https://isjesusalive.com/were-the-gospel-writers-really-geographically-inept/
Mark was writing the account from Peter (Eusebius)
Polycarp Born 69AD quotes NT:
SO WHAT NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS DOES POLYCARP QUOTE?
• Matthew (4 times)
• Mark (once)
• Luke (once)
• Acts (twice)
• Romans (once)
• 1st Corinthians (4 times)
• 2nd Corinthians (4 times)
• Galatians (3 times)
• Ephesians (4 times)
• Philippians (3 times)
• 1st Thessalonians (once)
• 2nd Thessalonians (once)
• 1st Timothy (3 times)
• 2nd Timothy (3 times)
• Hebrews (twice)
• 1st Peter (9 times)
• 1st John (once)
• 3rd John (once)
The Muratorian fragment 180AD affirms 22 of the 27 books of the New Testament. These include the four Gospels, Acts, all 13 epistles of Paul, Jude, 1 John, 2 John (and possibly 3rd John), and Revelation.
Gospels are historically accurate
https://www.namb.net/apologetics-blog/the-historical-reliability-of-the-gospels-1/
https://bible.org/article/historical-reliability-gospels
How Do we Know the Gospels are Historical?
scholars consider several factors: 1) authorship and date of composition,
2) intention and genre,
3) gospel sources and oral tradition, 4)
textual criticism,
5) historical authenticity of specific sayings and narrative events.
How do we know who wrote the Gospels
How Do We Know Who Wrote the Gospels? Timothy Paul Jones
12 lines of evidence:
https://www.namb.net/apologetics-blog/the-historical-reliability-of-the-gospels-1/
https://strangenotions.com/how-do-we-know-the-gospels-are-historical/
Gospels were written early
https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/why-i-know-the-gospels-were-written-early-free-bible-insert/
John accuracy
https://www.str.org/blog/evidence-demonstrates-john-reliable-historical-source
https://www.michaeljkruger.com/is-the-gospel-of-john-history-or-theology/
59 Confirmed or Historically Probable Facts in the Gospel of John
Acts accurately
https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_804.cfm
https://chab123.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/84-confirmed-facts-in-the-last-16-chapters-of-the-book-of-acts/
84 Confirmed Facts in the Last 16 Chapters of the Book of Acts
Luke accuracy
http://www.ichthus.info/Luke/intro.html
Archeological evidence for NT:
https://www.bethinking.org/is-the-bible-reliable/archaeology-and-the-historical-reliability-of-the-new-testamen
Would you die for something you did not believe in
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