>we don't know who wrote anything in the bible, but we DEFINITELY know it's not the people it's been overwhelmingly attested to for 2000 years!Why are "bible scholars" like this?
>>18242924Hyperskepticism.The field of Biblical scholarship has geniunely been stuck for quite some time, add to that the fact that more and more unhinged theories are proposed that borderline on conspiracy theories in order to stand out.
>>18242936Could what is kind of the most powerful cult in the world have anything resembling conspiracies going on within its history? Nah.
>>18242972We're talking about NT authorship specifically here, and Biblical scholars have come up with ever increasing insane theories like Caesar's Messiah, Richard Carrier's cosmic Jesus, Ammon Hillman's insane schizo ramblings, etc.
weird it's almost like there's a group trying to corrupt and mislead anyone interested in the teachings of jesus but that's probably just a conspiracy theory. merry christmas everyone, don't forget to thank Santa!
>>18242936Yeah, it does seem like it would naturally hit the wall at some point. You can only beat to death the "contradictions" in Matthew and Luke like Bart Ehrman for so long, before even you get tired of it and have to switch gears.
>>18242924Yes Moses wrote the Books of MosesHe was there with Adam in the Garden.
>>18242924Our earliest manuscripts are anonymous.
>>18242924Because the burden of proof is on the claim.>Moses wrote the pentateuch :DScholar: Show me.>It says so in the book itself (circular argument btw)Scholar: here's linguistic and historical anachronisms proving parts were written centuries after his death.>wow so biased :(Attestation by tradition ≠ evidence. People can be wrong for 2000 years. Deal with it.
