What’s wrong with saying the Gospels were passed down like a “telephone game”?

Because many copies across regions help correct errors

Why do Jesus' claims have more backing than many other religions claims?

His claim is backed by unique historical evidence and early sources

What makes the apostles’ willingness to suffer powerful evidence?

People don’t die for something they know is false

What’s true about Paul’s knowledge of Jesus?

He confirmed his teachings with the apostles

Why is comparing Jesus to George Washington unfair when talking about historical evidence?

Because we have different expectations for ancient vs. modern figures

Why can we trust the traditional authorship of the Gospels?

Because early church tradition unanimously named the authors

Why isn't it suspicious that the resurrection accounts differ slightly?

Because minor differences actually support eyewitness authenticity

What makes Paul’s mention of 500 witnesses significant?

He says many were still alive—inviting verification

Why doesn’t the lack of original Gospel manuscripts disprove their reliability?

We have so many early copies to reconstruct the originals

Why is the crucifixion of Jesus considered historically certain?

Even non-Christian historians mention it

Why can we trust the transmission of the New Testament over time?

The number of manuscripts allows scholars to detect and correct errors

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1
What’s wrong with saying the Gospels were passed down like a “telephone game”?
Because they were recorded in Hebrew
Because they were never spoken aloud
Because many copies across regions help correct errors
Because scribes didn’t play telephone
2
Why do Jesus' claims have more backing than many other religions claims?
His claim is backed by unique historical evidence and early sources
Other religions copied Jesus
Jesus had better special effects
All religions say the same thing
3
How confident are scholars in the original wording of the New Testament?
Around 75%
Less than 50%
About 60%
Over 99%
4
What makes the apostles’ willingness to suffer powerful evidence?
They didn’t know any better
People don’t die for something they know is false
They were paid to suffer
Martyrdom was trendy
5
What’s true about Paul’s knowledge of Jesus?
He was corrected often for teaching wrong theology
He wrote after all the apostles had died
He never met any of the other apostles
He confirmed his teachings with the apostles
6
Why is comparing Jesus to George Washington unfair when talking about historical evidence?
Because Washington had more followers
Because we have different expectations for ancient vs. modern figures
Because George Washington had better marketing
Because Jesus didn’t write the Constitution
7
Why can we trust the traditional authorship of the Gospels?
Because the titles were added centuries later
Because it’s written in the Bible itself
Because early church tradition unanimously named the authors
Because the authors signed the end of each Gospel
8
Why isn't it suspicious that the resurrection accounts differ slightly?
Because ancient people didn’t care about accuracy
Because minor differences actually support eyewitness authenticity
Because the authors didn’t know what they were doing
Because the stories were made up centuries later
9
What makes Paul’s mention of 500 witnesses significant?
He says many were still alive—inviting verification
He wrote it in a diary
He made it up centuries later
He names all 500
10
Why doesn’t the lack of original Gospel manuscripts disprove their reliability?
No ancient manuscripts survive at all
We have so many early copies to reconstruct the originals
The originals were never written
Only digital versions matter
11
Why is the crucifixion of Jesus considered historically certain?
The Romans recorded everything
It's written in all four Gospels
Even non-Christian historians mention it
No other religious leader was crucified
12
Why can we trust the transmission of the New Testament over time?
Monks added their own ideas
No changes were ever made
The early church burned all copies they didn’t like
The number of manuscripts allows scholars to detect and correct errors

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