Are the Gospels Reliable?

[Faizal_Ali]

@Marty

Comparing early belief in Jesus to Scientology and Xenu is trivially and obviously silly.

Which I did not do. I compared Scientology to the belief in Jesus’s resurrection, which is perfectly apt.

@swamidass

Well it directly contradicts your claims to the contrary about scholars here. Moreover these conclusions are moderated and echoed by most secular scholars.

For example an atheist wouldn’t hold that Jesus actually rose from the dead. But he would agree that Jesus wasn’t a myth and it seems the Church was convinced he rose from the dead very early on, within at least years of his death.

I think you are misunderstanding my position.

The consensus of scholars is that the early Christians believed Jesus was the Son of God and was resurrected. The Gospels are part of the evidence on which this conclusion rests.

Scholars do not agree that the Gospels are reliable first person accounts of things that actually happened.

Clear now?