wesr, what Paul has to do with Judas is that he places Judas alive after the resurrection. Judas didn't die according to the earliest record.
As for prophesying the obvious - well, that's pretty easy. Like saying that prizes will be awarded after a great tournament, and the crowd will be cheering the winners.
I never said that it was a conspiracy theory. But if you want contradictory accounts, the gospels contradict each other plenty of times, and Paul contradicts the gospels. Which pretty much rules out a conspiracy theory - dunno why you mentioned it.
Wrong. All the linguistic evidence points to John being written after the temple was destroyed. But as that destruction was irrelevant to the story, why would it be changed? How could the destruction of the temple have anything to do with Jesus' life? Or be relevant to christians?
No, I am not cherry picking Jesus words. You are the one that believes that that is what he spoke (unless it was at his trial). as I don't believe he was the son of god, I'm hardly likely to quote them.
Ah, the old "will of god" ploy. I can't tell you how many times I have heard that lie. Either the bible is the word of god, or it is something that can be interpreted to mean whatever is necessary when it fails. Here, Jesus is crystal clear. It would have been so easy for him to add "if that be the will of god"; but he doesn't. You are only too happy to take the bible at face value when it suits you, or add to it if it doesn't.
