- Nov 23, 2021
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As an atheist / agnostic, I say . . .
Mark was an early gospel while early Christians were still working out their full ideas. And it looks like still wrestling with whether to embrace Christianity as specific to one group or as an universal faith.
Luke was maybe the last gospel and was just better. Only Luke has one of the two thieves on the cross getting saved, and Jesus saying to him that he will be with him in paradise. Luke also has the encounter on the “Road to Emmaus.” All in all, it has just more human heart in it, without going overboard.
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There were other early gospels, such as the “Gospel of Thomas.” But these were not selected by early church councils to be part of the Bible.
Mark was an early gospel while early Christians were still working out their full ideas. And it looks like still wrestling with whether to embrace Christianity as specific to one group or as an universal faith.
Luke was maybe the last gospel and was just better. Only Luke has one of the two thieves on the cross getting saved, and Jesus saying to him that he will be with him in paradise. Luke also has the encounter on the “Road to Emmaus.” All in all, it has just more human heart in it, without going overboard.
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There were other early gospels, such as the “Gospel of Thomas.” But these were not selected by early church councils to be part of the Bible.