Mar

31

Doubt and Mercy

Posted By reynor | Filed Under Quotes & Excerpts 

by Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Ph.D. for Catholic Exchange

The Gospels tell an incredible story.  A virginal conception.  Miraculous healings.  Even people coming back from the dead.  How are we to know that it’s not all just a fanciful fabrication?

There is much evidence for the reliability of the Gospels, but here is one of the strongest bits of evidence I know.  Think for a minute.  If you were part of a group who decided to perpetrate an elaborate hoax, what would be your motive?  Wouldn’t you want to gain some significant benefits from such a risky business?  Maybe fortune, fame, and privilege?  And if you were to be aprominent figure in this tall tale, wouldn’t you at least want the story to make you look good?

But in the story told by the apostles, virtually all of them look really bad. During Jesus’ public ministry they repeatedly fail to “get it.”  In fact Jesus wears himself out trying to hammer the truth through their thick skulls.  After witnessing three years of miracles, one of them betrays Jesus and the leader of the group denies Him.  All but one run away when He’s crucified, and no one believes Mary Magdalene when she brings them the news of His resurrection.  Continue reading here…

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