The Universe is currently observable. The New Testament is at best, a second account written several years after what some people may have observed.
==The Universe is currently observable.
Quite true. The Universe is currently observable by scientists who subscribe to both models. And your point is?
GGG was talking about interpretation.
Sure the universe is currently observable and people write down what they observe, just like you say the ancients did.
If the writings of the authors of the NT are to be discredited because of what they may have observed, that should hold true for ALL accounts of anything. Recording it as it happens is no guarantee of increased accuracy anyway.