Just curious, ZC, from where did he get the ideas that Jesus "worshiped himself, instead of the G-d of Israel. He tried to nullify the Torah. He created a new religion with a new name, a new holy book written in a new language and a new theology. He caused the bloodshed of countless Jews. He disobeyed the authority of the Jewish Torah scholars"? Didn't some of that come from a reading of the gospels of the New Testament? If they aren't "accepted", then why use them to build a case against Jesus and Christianity???
And for the record, the New Testament HAS been externally proven as true. The gospels, for example, were all written within a few decades after the resurrection (something you have to pretend didn't happen) and many thousands of people were still living when they were that could have disproven the accounts. That so many believers were willing to be martyred rather than deny they saw the risen Christ is pretty strong evidence it happened. There are also over five thousand manuscript copies of these writings more than ANY other ancient manuscript in the world.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen - for us today.
Very little more obnoxiously evangelical than an ex-Christian.
Third time I said it on this thread, but it’s still true.