[mugs99]

If the bible is true then it is not a collection of embellished stories and myths.

Like I said, some stories are true and some are embellishments or myth. If it were all true we wouldn't have the great contradiction of carpenter/Rabi.
.

[Celtman]

the great contradiction of carpenter/Rabi.

      And just why do you see it as a contradiction for Jesus to have been both a carpenter and a great and wise teacher?

[Quix]

Josh McDowell handles the supposed contradictions as well as anyone I've known or read.

In any complexity as complex as our observed universe . . . . paradoxes are likely to abound.

Truth includes mystery and paradox. Even Christians will learn to deal with it when God makes things more abundantly clear.

I suspect that at least some Deists will discover that they know even less than some Christians who think they know everything.

[Marysecretary]

He was called Raboni, which means teacher, which he was. He was a carpenter until he was called into the ministry around the age of 30.

[Not just another dumb blonde]

Prior to His ministry, Christ was a carpenter by trade. So He could be both a carpenter, and then go into His ministry in which He taught (which is what a rabbi is). I don't understand what the controversy is here.