Wednesday, February 27, 2008

"Are the Gospels Myth?"

Adapted from Carl E. Olson, "This Rock" magazine, March 2008.

"January 11, 49 B.C. is one of the most famous dates in the history of ancient Rome, even of the ancient world.

"On that date Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River, committing himself and his followers to civil war.

"Few, if any, historians doubt that the event hapened.

"On the other hand, numerous skeptics claim that the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are myth and have no basis in fact.

"Yet, as historian Paul Merkley pointed out two decades ago in his article, The Gospels as Historical Testimony, far less historical evidence exists for the for the crossing of the Rubicon than does for the events depicted in the Gospels."

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