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Originally Posted by asaris
I guess the point is that, while it's not going to bother me that people take Genesis to be myth, the general historical accuracy of the gospels should be something all Christians agree on. Here, in this case, to say that the gospels are merely nice stories is to deny an idea that has been central to Christianity since its beginning - the death and resurrection of Christ. I can't stop you if you want to believe this, but it would seem to be at best misleading to say you were a Christian in this case.
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I think that one of the problems that people may have is that even with today's technology (video/audio recording devices, computers, internet, etc), it would be impossible to obtain the level of implied accuracy, such as private conversations, and events such as the birth that were prior to their meeting that could not have been "witnessed" first hand by the credited author. And if it was merely "divine dictation" then there is really no need for the "perspective" of four authors that all come from the same "ghost writer".