Hello Astrapho,
Your associate from the internet, though claims to quote Jesus only, does not understand what Jesus said and taught. This seems to be turning into a never-ending point counter point between you two.
Ask your friend to read over or listen to Ray's bible study on 'Do James and Paul contradict' under transcripts or audio menu (
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/board,8.0.html).
As for as 'is the Bible accurate or not', to what end? Your associate has his 'historians' that he relies on but not the historians who translate and keep the Holy Scriptures. You then leave the scriptures to argue over this historian or that. It gets nowhere but into a carnal debate about which 'man or woman' is accurate.
I don't believe if you showed your associate, in any and all ways from scripture, that Paul, James, and others were in agreement with Christ, that he would believe you. That's not what it's about to him...it's about the seed of doubt he has, no faith.
Faith is a gift from God [Eph 2:8, Jam 1:17], so until God gives it, your associate will be stuck in the same boat he's in now.
Marques
P.S. Would you look at that? Paul and James in agreement...again.
Faith is a gift from God [Eph 2:8, Jam 1:17]