Don’t dare to call my comments liberal thinking. It is backed by solid archeology andr research. I suggest you read “What Paul Meant” by Garry Wills to have your eyes opened. Then write me back to discuss.
I suggest you check up on Garry Wills. He seems to be a proponent of abortion, homosexuality, and the ordination of women. He may not be as liberal as the Jesus Seminar, but those “scholars” are so far left, they’re off the charts.
It would also seem that Garry Wills is a proponent of the idea, (in his work, “What Jesus Meant”) that the real, historical Jesus can’t be known. Only the “Jesus of faith” can be know. Then he sets about trying to distinguish the “authentic” sayings of Jesus from the “inauthentic”.
I’ve got news for you. That is LIBERAL THINKING. That is as liberal as the liberal theology of Bultmann and the Tubingen school.
Here’s something for you to check out (Available for free online):
THE NEW TESTAMENT DOCUMENTS: THEIR DATE AND ATTESTATION
http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/ffbruce/ntdocrli/ntdocc02.htm
It’s from
THE NEW TESTAMENT DOCUMENTS
Are they Reliable?
By F. F. BRUCE,
http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/ffbruce/ntdocrli/ntdocont.htm
Dr. F.F. Bruce ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.F._Bruce ) was the one of the most respected and careful NT scholars of his day (he died in 1990). He did a tremendous job of destroying the arguments lightweight and agenda-driven liberal theologians with historical data.
The NT documents are accurate, trustworthy and early. Take the time to check the above link out and you will come to understand that you’ve been sold a bill of goods by the liberal theologians.