Myth Or Biography

"'If science can show that the gospel account of Christ is not myth but biography; and if it finds that his ministry was in empirical fact, universal - would not you, for example, my dear, would you not decide it was only reasonable to accept him as your Savior?'

"Uncomfortable, Diana tried to shift the subject."

-The Game Of Empire, I, p. 210.

People feel uncomfortable because they lack the knowledge to respond to such claims. The Gospels are not biographies and, if they were, then accepting them would not require an act of faith.

I have just had yet another frustrating exchange with a street Evangelical. He hands me a leaflet full of unsubstantiated statements. I point this out. He responds with more unsubstantiated statements and continues to do this, no matter what is said to him. Is there any point? Axor, who addresses Diana, stands in a tradition such that he would at least heed and respond to reasoned arguments instead of just repeating outrageous statements. The Evangelical was standing in a square (Market Square, mentioned before) where demonstrators and counter-demonstrators were right then protesting about current government policies but none of that mattered to him. All that mattered was the mere statement that I was damned if I did not, without reason, accept his belief. Axor would be better company and it would be possible to discuss the truth claims of the Gospels with him.