Quote Originally Posted by Zain View Post
I'd like to think the books people wrote of him depict him well. Since they were in Jesus's time and we are not. They saw miracles and wrote of them. I'm sure seeing Jesus come out of the grave convinced them then and should still be convincing us.
There's no evidence that any of the Evangelists were actually eye witnesses to the events they record. Only Mathew may have been. Mark makes horrific erros of Geography, Luke is just writing Greek Biography and John barely offers an actual narrative (though he is apparently the only one with a working knowledge of pre- AD 60 Jerusalem).

Faith is a wonderful thing, but to hold it direct contravention of sense and reason is to abuse the mind God gave you.