The Gospels weren't written by the apostles
Because the Apostles were "Unschooled" men,
And the gospels were written sixty years later?

Yet, people learn new languages all the time;
And it's not impossible to teach old men how to read and write.
Also, Luke was an Eyewitness to the accounts of Acts
And Luke is the same writer who wrote both Acts and the Gospel of Luke.
We know Luke was not an eye witness to Christ's ministry,
Most Christian Scholars agree,
But he was an historian.
Mark, also, was not an eye witness to the ministry of Jesus,
And most scholars agree to that, too,
But he wrote in unrefined Greek which was controversial
Because it was very ungrammatical.
Also, Matthew might have been about twenty when he lived with Jesus
And being a Tax Collector, he would have known how to write;
I think, otherwise he wouldn't be able to collect taxes.
Also, John, being the latest Gospel written,
John could have probably lived to a ripe old age of 120---
People did it then, they do it now---
And he might have later learned how to write
As having something so important to say,
They might have been encouraged a little bit on how to write Greek;
Wouldn't you say?
Also, same thing with Peter, and James and John
And the rest of the Apostles.

Your premise, Mr. Ehrman,
Is that it's impossible to learn how to read or write
As an adult.
Being that these men converted people of all social classes to Christianity,
Couldn't one of their converts have taught them all how to write?

If that's the sole basis on not believing that the Gospels were written,
Then you're just plain brassheaded.

Also, you sign your name to your books, don't you?
That may have been an idiolect of address
Used exclusively by the Gospel Writers.

 

In God's Word
There is perfect apportionment.
There are three Christians.
One has five Talents
And invests them,
Making five converts.
Another has two talents,
And invests them,
And makes two converts.
Another Christian has one talent,
But never uses them to spread the gospel.

Finally, the first man gets five cities.
The second man gets two cities.
And the third man, having a city,
Must lose it, and thereby give his city to another.
So, the city goes to the first man,
For the third man was promised a city,
But never used his talents for the sake of Christ's Gospel.

What marks a fool is their disinterest in opinions other than their own.
What makes a wise man, is that they try to understand from the opposite perspective.

What I know about him
Most music prodigies 
Have IQ ranges between 129 - 140.
He pioneered the Genre of Rock and Roll.
He was a master at hand to hand combat
Who once broke three men's bones
In a fight, where one of the men had a pistol.
He had impeccable rhythmic timing, 
Which being adept at rhythm 
Is a sign of high intelligence.
He also had an intelligent face.

I'd say his IQ was about 130.

Hell is for eternity
Because Christ came and died.
All who reject His love
Have eternally said 
"Depart from me,"
To God Almighty.
How can God save a soul
Who rejects Him?

Yet, James says, "I will show you my faith
"By my works."
Paul means works of the Law.
Paul means works of Judgment,
Of condemnation, of executing the justice of God.
That is what Paul means.
As James clearly says,
"Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, 
"and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, 
"and I will shew thee my faith by my works."

The scripture cannot contradict.
When Jesus said, "It is finished"
He meant the Hebraic covenant
Given to Moses.
That law was broken, and severed,
So now men live by Grace
And the law accordingly given to them
And imprinted upon their conscience.

It is true, that in the end of the age
Christ will bring in both good and bad
To His kingdom, for those called
Had rather gone to their own designs.
And they will be left outside the Wedding Feast
While Death, wearing no garment,
Will be cast into the outer darkness.

Paul is speaking, in Romans 4:5
Of works of the Law.
Not works of Charity.
A Christian is compelled to do charity
As is commanded by Jesus
When He talks of separating the Sheep and the Goats.
If the heart of man is worthy of acceptance,
It will choose Christ wholly
And commit to Him like the Athanasian Creed states.
If the heart is unworthy, it will be separated from God
By its sin; therefore, the Heart of man determines
Whether it will accept Grace, or forsake it.
For, what Paul is stating
Is that it is not a work of our own
Which causes us to be chosen by God
But rather, it is the condition of our heart
Which allows the choice, and nothing else.

I believe life came from rocks
Which from thunderbolts all flesh sprang;
There is no God
Only water's froth
And rain then came from meteors.

The first creed to my faith---
So none are in question about it later on---
Is the Athanasian creed.
Reading it for the first time in years
Was like waking up from a dream.
So many stupid thoughts run through Christianity today
And to see it concisely stated all that I believe
Nothing added, nothing lacking.

Second is the Nicene Creed.
The most beloved verse is that 
Jesus descended into Hell.
For, if Jesus did not descend,
Then why make him ascend?
"It is finished" is the Hebraic covenant.
Nothing more. All is accomplished at the cross.

Thirdly, I believe in the Apostles Creed.
The most simple version of my faith,
The cant is among the most beautiful poetry
In the Liturgical English.
Like the LORD's Prayer
It feels right---because it is right.

This is my Christianity. 
Let no one question it
Because it is the Christianity of Christ
And His true church.