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...essence of Christian belief is based on what is in the Bible, not on what is not in the Bible. Therefore, what isn't there about Christ's life is irrelevant. The New Testament Scriptures, particularly the Gospels, are the most analyzed documents in history, and their authenticity has long been proved from an archaeological, historical and theological perspective. The Jesus Seminar discussions may create interesting, self-indulgent intellectual debate for its handpicked participants, but so what? ROBERT E. WILLIAMSON Vernon, British Columbia...
...fiction? Their decisions are based mainly on what seems right to them. By saying the Gospels are unreliable, the Jesus Seminar members show they are confused. Whether Jesus is God or whether he is not God is irrelevant. The "character" Jesus is detailed in the Bible. Even the Old Testament books foreshadow him. Would not the Bible then be the best evidence of him? To scratch out almost all the Gospels and accept only a fraction of them as possibly true is quite puzzling. BRIAN JANZEN Yarrow, British Columbia...
...aren't we regular folks lucky that the Jesus Seminar pundits have devised their own criteria for determining the reliability of the New Testament? Out of the blue, they assume that shorter, punchier passages are more likely to be accurate, and they prefer parables without explicit applications and impose other arbitrary criteria to the Scriptures. It is not difficult to discredit even the best-attested works of antiquity, given the unscholarly prerogative of choosing the cut according to one's own biases. Liberal theologians since the turn of the century (and before) have attempted to refute parts of the Bible...
There is enough in the new testament to challenge morally each one of us. Servant leadership would not have been advocated by those lusting for power. It is often personally costly to act morally right. Science is no better than the integrity of the scientists; results can be manipulated for money. Favorable results can be emphasized and unfavorable ones omitted. That some scholars are rejecting the Resurrection is nothing new, even if their reasons seem to be. CHARLES LAMB Roscrea, Ireland...
...fragment in Paris of St. Luke's Gospel is late 1st or early 2nd century, and the famous St. John's papyrus P52 of Manchester has a date of A.D. 120 or slightly earlier. This last Gospel fragment was previously thought to be our earliest evidence of the New Testament, but now is judged to be the most recent of these four Gospel fragments in terms...