At 03:31 PM 3/10/00 -0600, Charles F. Austerberry wrote:
>When people (like my own sons) ask for evidence that Jesus existed I can
>give them factual, historical evidence independent of the Bible (as well as
>evidence within the Bible). Similar kinds of analytical (modern-style)
>evidence is available to support my belief in Christ's resurrection, though
>that is less in amount than is available to support the mere existence of
>the man Jesus of Nazareth. When people ask why I consider Genesis 1-11
>important and true (true in Clifford's sense), my short answer is that
>Jesus considered the Jewish Bible to be important and true. My long answer
>would probably be more like the answer some believing Jews would also give:
>the Biblical authors' writings appear inspired with truth about God, about
>people, and about the meaning and purpose of life.
The thing I notice in the above is the different criteria for truth, one
for the existence of Jesus the other for Genesis. I would suggest that
people will probably have a better feel for the actual existence of Jesus
based upon observational evidence than they will for the more fuzzy
'meaning and purpose of life" answer. The Hindus claim to give us the
meaning and purpose of life as does Islam and many other religions. It's
just that their meaning and purpose are a bit different than that given by
Scripture.
glenn
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