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Three-Fourths Come Too Early | ARE THE GOSPELS MYTHOLOGICAL ACCOUNTS OF THE LIFE OF JESUS? EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME FOR A MYTHOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF HIM TO ARISE: AD93; LATEST POSSIBLE DATE OF MATTHEW'S AUTHORSHIP: AD59 (PRIMARY); LATEST POSSIBLE DATE OF MARK'S AUTHORSHIP: AD64 (SECONDARY); LATEST POSSIBLE DATE OF LUKE'S AUTHORSHIP: AD68 (SECONDARY); LATEST POSSIBLE DATE OF JOHN'S AUTHORSHIP: AD99 (PRIMARY) | image tagged in empty tomb,jesus christ,mythology,too early | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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More sources below:
https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Dionysus.html
https://www.gotquestions.org/when-Gospels-written.html
The second-century Irenaus affirmed the authorship, order, and early date of the four.
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So what if he was or wasn't? Does someone need to be a contemporary of Hitler to know when he wrote Mein Kampf?
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There is also internal evidence. Matthew was a former tax collector, so the fact that his book speaks of financial topics much more often than mark or Luke makes perfect sense. Luke was a physician, so the fact that he didn't mention the woman's condition getting worse under the care of physicians makes perfect sense. The book of John explicitly claims that its author was a disciple of Jesus. Mark is generally thought (by those who hold to the traditional authorship) to be a compilation of sermons that Peter gave in Rome, so the fact that it is the shortest of the four makes perfect sense.
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Here's the source: https://www.quora.com/Who-wrote-the-books-of-Matthew-Mark-Luke-and-John/answer/Kyle-Davison-Bair
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https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Dionysus.html
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"Just because there are people still alive who can refute the lies and embellishments, that doesn't mean those embellishments and lies can't take hold and spread and be believed by many people." There's a difference between misinformation being widely believed and being in someone's historical record. Someone could have invented a myth about Abraham Lincoln and convince a large amount of people to believe it as early as decades before he died, but such a myth would be highly unlikely to enter the historical record of Lincoln until a sufficient time passes to ensure that there are minimal to no people who personally knew Lincoln and could dispel it.
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"The problem with that argument is that the Gospels are not historical records" Dr. Mike Licona would not agree with that statement. Also, Luke says that he is writing a historical record as early as his first paragraph.
"they are holy texts full of known errors and mistakes, and they don't even agree with each other in some places." https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-errors.html
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Actually, he is correct. The way historical records (especially biographies) are written fits the way that the four accounts of Jesus are written.
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"But there's a big difference between something entering historical record which isn't true, and something being spread by members of a small group which isn't true" That's basically just repeating what I said in my sentence "There's a difference between misinformation being widely believed and being in someone's historical record."
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Two generations is around 62 years.
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ARE THE GOSPELS MYTHOLOGICAL ACCOUNTS OF THE LIFE OF JESUS? EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME FOR A MYTHOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF HIM TO ARISE: AD93; LATEST POSSIBLE DATE OF MATTHEW'S AUTHORSHIP: AD59 (PRIMARY); LATEST POSSIBLE DATE OF MARK'S AUTHORSHIP: AD64 (SECONDARY); LATEST POSSIBLE DATE OF LUKE'S AUTHORSHIP: AD68 (SECONDARY); LATEST POSSIBLE DATE OF JOHN'S AUTHORSHIP: AD99 (PRIMARY)