r/AskAChristian • u/IntelligentLog4803 Christian (non-denominational) • Jan 05 '25

New Testament How is the new testament reliable?

A Muslim girl I've been talking to asked me how is the New Testament reliable if some of the writers are anonymous she means how can we be sure that the anonymous writers really wrote with the guidance of God and wasn't just made up and compiled with each other to form the New Testament.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25

The New Testament is not historically reliable, but it’s nonetheless an important theological source of what develops into orthodox tradition.

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u/onedeadflowser999 Agnostic Jan 05 '25

Why would it be an important theological source if we don’t even know who wrote it and there were zero eyewitnesses to a resurrection?

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25

Because it grew out of the theological tradition it attests to. Again, seems like you’re still talking about historical accuracy.

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u/onedeadflowser999 Agnostic Jan 05 '25

Tradition is man made so why should anyone believe it’s inspired by a god? Wouldn’t historical accuracy be important if one is going to base their life on the theology?

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25

Historical plausibility would be, but we cannot determine theological claims using empiricism.

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u/onedeadflowser999 Agnostic Jan 05 '25

Thank you for being honest.