08-15-2012, 04:28 PM
(08-15-2012, 04:14 PM)MikeyA Wrote:(08-15-2012, 04:04 PM)Riotgear Wrote: So do the Gospels agree with each other?
They agree on the teachings and the tenets. The only discrepancies come from minor details like did he enter the town on a Tuesday or a Thursday? Were there 12 people there or 14?
These are not things that are imperatives to the tenets.
There are several rational cases for why these occur. The first is they were transcribed in Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic and then translated into other languages multiple times over. Translate Japanese to Chinese and then to English and you get some crazy things.
Another rational reason is the Gospels have been dated 40-80 years after Jesus' death. Try getting four eyewitnesses to explain the same event on that day and you'll get four different stories with some of these same differences. Does it mean the event didn't occur? On the contrary, it just means different views see things differently.
It was rhetorical. I already know the answer.