Contradictions in the N.T.

[liamconnor]

I apologize, for I am sure this is a hackneyed topic.


Now, though discrepancies and even contradictions in the Bible do not automatically threaten my beliefs (there are some which, if they could be shown, would make me abandon Christianity) still, the mention of "contradictions in Scripture" is made so often, I have forgotten which ones we have in mind.

Let's narrow this down to the N.T. since that is an explicitly Christian compilation.

What are they. Are there ways of reconciling them?

[polonius]

[Replying to post 95 by polonius.advice]

The conclusion about date is based on the content of Matthew's gospel itself

So basically you only have speculation and hypothesis based on subjective interpretation of the text. I see. Well that is not very convincing, since hermeneutics is far from "a precise science" as it were, you certainly do not have enough to state catagorically that Matthew wrote his gospel "around 80" rather than say, a decade or more earlier (which would have placed it before the Jerusalem destruction).

Have an excellent evening,

JW

RESPONSE:

Not at all. If you reread my posts and Matthew itself, you will find clear indicators as to when it was written.

Do you have any valid evidence that it was written before 80 AD?

Do you have any clear evidence that a Christian Church existed (rather than a sect within Judaism) in 80 AD?