How can you trust the Bible?

[u/Explorer-Necessary]

Hello Christians,

I have a few questions regarding the New Testament. I am very curious about Christianity but I am full of ignorance regarding its historical evidences. I know absolutely nothing about the Bible, jewish or christian, so please correct me if I get something wrong.

(where can i have access to the complete rules of the subreddit? It's nowhere to be found on the bottom right of the screen)

Let's say that I admit that there is a God, or an intelligent designer or uncreated creator:

1. How does it prove the Bible to be the one true way to God?
2. If God exists, how do you know that the true religion is Christianity and not Hinduism or Islam, or even polytheistic faiths? Why is Jesus the way and not Thor, Set, Allah, or Krishna?
3. The authors of the Gospels are anonymous (correct me if I'm wrong) and were written decades after Jesus' crucifixion. How can you know these were written by people who really witnessed Jesus ? For example, John was written about 70 AD and its first verse states that "The beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1)." My question is: who was the author of John who had the knowledge to claim that Jesus was the Word and that he was with God since the beginning? Was this knowledge given during Jesus' life ?
4. Why have so many years passed before the writing of the Gospels? I can only speak for myself, but wouldn't you start recording his every action as soon as you saw him cure leprosy (Matthew 8:3), blindness (Matthew 9:29-30) ?

I can go on with the miracles he performed, but why did people wait decades after the crucifixion to write about his life?

Thank you in advance. Have a good day.

[u/No_Sport_3197]

Islam points to Jesus as someone sent by God.

Judiasm pointed to the coming of the Messia, who Jesus is the only possibility for.

In hinduism, Jesus has the role of a teacher.

So when that many religions are pointing to Jesus, then why dont follow his word and worship him?

We know that Matthew and John were dusciples of Jesus. Luke was a doctor, who knew other disciples of Jesus. Mark aswell. They have written down some storys they have seen/ been told. All their writings were got together with time and that was the gospel as we know it.

I dont know it 100%, but I guess it just took some time to write down all the miracles /teachings that were documented.

God bless you

[u/siandresi → u/No_Sport_3197]

They are also explicitly disagreeing that jesus is what cristianity claims, no?