On the Bible’s Composition

The oldest copy of Lucretius is from 800AD. The oldest copy of the Iliad and Odyssey is from the time Sinacticus was written. The oldest copy of Plato from 800AD. The oldest copy of of Oedipus from the 10th century AD. The oldest copy of Plutarch is from the 10th Century AD. The oldest copy of Herodotus from the 9th Century AD. The oldest copy of Ovid from the 9th Century AD. The oldest copy of Aristotle from the 9th Century AD. And you can plainly see they weren’t tampered with, or made tame by Christian Monks. They were perfectly preserved, so why wouldn’t the same be about the Bible, which we actually have more and older surviving manuscripts from? Thucydides in the 15th century AD—with a fragment from the 1st. Euripides from the 7th Century AD being among the oldest manuscripts. Get the picture? And if Monks were in the habit of forging sources, wouldn’t more historians mention Christianity or Christ? Also another thing to think about. Although, the Church heavily documented everything, from the early church, so we know about all of it from Church Fathers, and also records of it like Martyr’s Mirror by Thielman Van Braght or Annales Ecclesiastici by Caesar Baronius.

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When were the Gospels Written? In Response to Snark.

Do you want me to say 300AD with the Sinaiticus or Vaticanus? Because you do know that's not a valid argument, considering the source material is so much older, and we know that.

How about the Diatessaron, from 150AD, that has 80% of the entire four canonical Gospels in it?

Or how about Clement in 130AD quoting from the Gospels in the Church’s earliest sermons, and even having quotes from Christ that don’t appear in the Gospels, but probably came from eyewitnesses?

Or how about Papias in 90AD who tells us about Matthew and Mark, and the fragments that prove John dictated his Gospel to Papias?

Or how about Thomas, who took a Gospel of Matthew with him to India in 50AD? And low and behold, the churches still are there.

Or how about Paul, who knew Luke in about 40AD, and knew James and Mary and Peter and John?