[Timotheist]

Ohio,

I have read some of your posts on similar threads. I, like others on this forum, do not accept that the disciple Matthew is the author of the gospel. The association of the name with the work was made many years later. This is historical fact as well. I obviously no longer accept that the Holy Spirit guided everything these authors did, and I especially do not trust the church's decisions made after the first century.

If you take comfort in the belief that the Scriptures are inerrant, then I will not argue with you. These posts are for other Christians, those who may have been exposed to material like this by those with the intent of drawing them away from the faith.

That is not my motive. I want to show that the Faith can still be had in spite of this data.

Peace to you