Clearly I’m not going to convince you, but I really must express my ongoing astonishment at how many people continue to find revisionist interpretations from scholars hundreds, often thousands of years later more reliable than the oldest of testimony we have. That’s crazier than saying that I’m a better source of facts on George Washington than the writings of the other US Founding Fathers.
As for the scholars who insist that the gospels all long post-date the apostles, their reasoning is appallingly circular. They start with the unchallenged assumption that there are no miracles (presumably because they have never experienced one personally). Then they read in the gospel accounts that Jesus clearly foretells the destruction of Jerusalem. Well, any fool knows that nobody can tell the future, therefore the gospels MUST have been written after the actual destruction of Jerusalem and pious believers simply put those words in the mouth of Jesus to bolster their case. Seriously, that’s a concise summary of their reasoning process. No thanks.
I’m simply going to let God be God, accept that He’s revealed Himself the way that He has, and do my best to surrender my will to His as expressed in His revelation. Good luck to you separating the desires of your fallen will from the still, small voice.
