More Than A Carpenter Flashcards
Christianity
God coming to men and women through Jesus Christ
Three basic questions that haunt every human life:
Who am I?
Why am I here?
Where am I going?
Religion
Humans trying to work their way to God through good works
What is the difference between Jesus and other religious leaders?
Jesus claimed to be God
Jesus was one of what three things?
Lord, liar, or lunatic
The things that Jesus claimed makes it impossible for him to be what?
A good moral man or prophet
The scientific method can only be used to prove what kinds of things?
Repeatable things
What is the goal of New Atheists?
To eradicate any rational grounds for religious belief and to persuade theists to walk away from their faith
There is no solid basis for dating any book of the New Testament after what year?
A.D. 80
All gospels besides the four Gospels were composed between what years?
120 A.D. and 250 A.D.
How many Greek manuscripts have been found?
5600
What is the most significant category of variants?
Spelling differences
What book is better attested by ancient manuscripts than any other piece of ancient literature?
The New Testament
Why can we trust the apostles’ testimonies?
11 of them died martyrs’ deaths
If the resurrection were a lie, what would be true?
The apostles would have known it
