# Are the Gospels Reliable?

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**Created:** [June 25, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/are-the-gospels-reliable/6781 "2019-06-25T20:03:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Faizal\_Ali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/faizal_ali/32/12416_2.png) [@Faizal\_Ali](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Faizal_Ali)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/are-the-gospels-reliable/6781/135 "2019-06-30T20:53:08Z")

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> [@swamidass](#):
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> @Faizal_Ali consider reading the Gospels as reliable and good faith accounts of what real people thought at that time about Jesus. You can even hold that they may well be misguided and wrong about important facts, such as miracles and so on.

That’s what I have done.

I don’t see anything different about Jesus compared to the hundreds of other prophets and spiritual leaders who have had incredible feats and miracles attributed to them. The only thing that sets him apart is that, thru random historical contingencies, the faith founded in his name has been the most common in the world for the past few centuries. It may not be for much longer:

> **[The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/)**
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> As of 2010, nearly a third of the world's population identified as Christian. But if demographic trends persist, Islam will close the gap by the middle of the 21st century.

Why don’t you just tell me what you find so unique and different about the stories told about Jesus? I grew up hearing stories about Muhammad, and they seem no different except in their particulars.

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