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The argument about who Jesus was has been debated and raged for centuries. For Christians, the accuracy of the Gospels in the Bible are absolutely critical. Many Christians say that eyewitnesses wrote the Gospels when in fact they were actually written at least a few decades after Jesus’ death. How accurate can something be written from memory twenty to thirty years afterwards? How reliable is memory? Think about the demonstration teachers give on how twisted words get over just a short time. When your teacher whispers in one of your classmates’ ear and then on the other side of the classroom the original thing said is totally changed and twisted. I’ve also read that Jesus’ words were passed down by oral tradition and weren’t actually recorded until someone felt like writing them down. It is hardly likely that people in Jesus’ day accurately recorded what he said word for word, decades after he said it. I totally believe that Jesus existed I just question the Bibles overall accuracy, Archeologists have proven that Jesus existed. I also believe that one can learn a lot from the teachings of Jesus and apply it to everyday life. His stories teach a lot about morality and loving your neighbor. But I feel that Jesus’ cl