It would be monumental to eliminate all supposedly contradictory 
and
 questionable passages from the Gospels. Fortunately that work has 
already been done with some suprising, for me at least, outcomes. 
Here's one..

  "For over a hundred years German scholars have been struggling to 
solve
 this problem, and their efforts have been unavailing. In order to 
establish some solid textual foundation for the historicity of 
Jesus, they have piled hypothesis upon hypothesis with ever new 
refinements. The retreat from this hopless task was finally sounded 
by the emminent German critic, O. Schmeidel. Afer an exhuastive 
search, he was satisfied that he had discovered some texts which 
passes the most severe tests and were entirely credible. But in the 
whole of the gospels all he could salvage were NINE such texts. Let 
us enumerate this forlorn handful of unwounded survivors.

 1) Mark XXX.17 [really mark 10.17] f.f. "Why callest me thou 
good?" etc. 2) Matt XII.31 f.f. "Blasphemy against the Son of Man 
pardonable" 3) Mark III.21 "He is beside himself" 4) Mark XII.32 
"Of that hour and day knoweth no man" 5) Mark XV.34, Matt "My God, 
My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" etc. 6) Mark VIII.12 "No sign 
shall be given this generation." 7) Mark VI.5 "He was able to do no 
mighty work there." 8) Mark VIII.14-21 Rebuke to disciples 
concerning bread and leaven.." 9) Matt XI.5, Luke VII.22 Passage to 
be taken in the sense of spiritual
   healing, since it ends with mention of preaching--not a miracle 
at all."
_Pagan_Christs_ pgs 64,65.

  What was the basis for selecting these texts? Basicly O. 
Sshmeiedel felt
 that where Jesus speaks simply as a man, making no pretense to 
divinity, or to miraculous powers, and where he is presented as 
failing to impress his relatives and neighbors with any sense of 
his superiority--there the record is entirely credible. I'll have 
to quote this because of the logical content...

  J.M. Roberts quoting Schmeidel:
  "According to Schmidel, these passages represent "the foundation 
pillars
 for a truly scientific life of Jesus... They prove not only that 
in the person of Jesus we have to do with a completely human being, 
and that the divine is sought in him only in the form in which it 
is capable of being found in a man; THEY ALSO PROVE THAT HE REALLY 
DID EXIST, and that the Gospels contain at least SOME ABSOLUTELY 
TURSTWORTHY FACTS concerning him.

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