Aren’T The Gospels The Product Of Greek Thinking?

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PREVIOUS Twisted Scripture John 1:14 NEXT John 1 Footnotes

All Christians should ask the following questions of all claims about any alleged dependence of early Christianity upon pagan sources:

1. What is the evidence for such claims?

2. What are the dates for the evidence? An embarrassingly high percentage of the alleged evidence turns out to be dated long after the writing of the New Testament.

3. Are the alleged parallels really similar, or are the likenesses a result of exaggeration, oversimplification, inattention to detail, or the use of Christian language in the description?

4. Is the alleged parallel between the New Testament and a supposed pagan source the sort of thing that could have arisen independently in several different movements?

5. Is the claim of influence or dependence consistent with the historical information we have about the first-century church?

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