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That's just not accurate as far as the NT is concerned, Cyn. Just about everybody agrees that the whole thing was finished by the end of the first century, and the earliest books were done by the 50s. The earliest manuscripts we have are, while I can't remember the exact dates, are far earlier and better (as far as provenance is concerned) that for just about any other contemporaneous works. So what we have is just about exactly what the oral tradition immediately following Christ's death was.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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