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Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.99,0:00:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well its really great to be here. What we're
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.03,0:00:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to be looking at tonight is the question whether the Gospels are based on eye-witness testimony
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.25,0:00:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to be presenting some old and some new evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.57,0:00:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Gospels are indeed based on eye-witness testimony
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.74,0:00:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want to begin
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.39,0:00:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a fellow Brit: CS Lewis, the author of the Chrinicles of Narnia
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.80,0:00:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who made and argument about the person of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.84,0:00:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said that when we look at the sort of claims Jesus makes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.83,0:00:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about who he is, we either have to say that he is the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.91,0:01:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he is Liar or that he is a lunetic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.02,0:01:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because his words can't just be written of as the words of a very
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.75,0:01:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great person. Because a very great person doesn't make such claims.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.60,0:01:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't attribute so much to himself. But what
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.70,0:01:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found is that in recent years, people have added to those three possibilities
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.89,0:01:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another one: that Jesus is in fact Legend
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.33,0:01:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we want to ask the question whether the Gospels are in fact reliable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.71,0:01:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to go to a sceptic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.08,0:01:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,source: Bart Erhmann, one of the most famous, prominante
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.28,0:01:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sceptics within the US at the moment
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.66,0:01:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very accomplished biblical scolar,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.73,0:01:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says this about the Gospels:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.24,0:01:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you suppose happend to the stories about Jesus over the years
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.66,0:01:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the were told and retold, not as disinteresdd news
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.24,0:01:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stories reported by eyewitnesses but as propaganda
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.41,0:01:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meant to convert people to faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.00,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told by people who had themselves heard them fifth or sixth- or nineteenth-hand?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you or you rkids ever play the tlephone game at a party?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well the telephone game
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in britain, we call: Chinese wispers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're probably not allowed to call it that over here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but thats what we call it over there and no one minds!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you know the way the telephone game works.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its a game specially set up to corrupt the message
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you know that you can laugh.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there are various rules, for instance you have to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wisper, that ensures that the message gets curropted
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your only allowed to say it once, so that ensures that the message gets corrupted
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're only allowed to hear it from one person…
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why should I use that as an analogy for how Christiany spread early one?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I prefer the analogy of Karate. Now have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you ever heard that Karate must be becoming corrupted because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's being taught from one person to another?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No! Because you know that Karate is full of discipline
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when people teach things, they teach it carefully
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are checks and balances to make sure things get passed on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that is a far better analogy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're going to come back to this later, whether Christianity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could have begun through something like the Telephone game.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the first thing we're going to do is look at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the Gospels were written.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the Gospels, according to earliest Christ tradition there are about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they were written say generally that they weren't written in the land of origin.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is Israel, Palestin. I'm not making a political
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,point when I'm using either of those words. OK? I'm just talking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a location, ok?