RE: Why can't Christians Verify Exactly Where Jesus Was Buried?
September 8, 2016 at 12:09 pm
(This post was last modified: September 8, 2016 at 12:18 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(September 8, 2016 at 4:20 am)Aractus Wrote:(September 8, 2016 at 3:29 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: lol, now writing is evidence? No wonder you believed that claptrap for so long.
Of course writing is evidence, how else do you think we know about the ancient beliefs and cultures of the ancient world?
Are you being deliberately obtuse? You're assuming the evidentiary value of the writing you're citing, which is wholly insufficient for the claim under discussion. To answer this question -- have you not heard of archaeology? Societies leave behind a lot of physical evidence for their cultural beliefs and mores.
(September 8, 2016 at 4:20 am)Aractus Wrote: How would we know what deities the Egyptians worshipped without writing?
You ever heard of statues?
(September 8, 2016 at 4:20 am)Aractus Wrote: How would we know what Copernicus had to say without writing? Rely on an oral tradition?
Sure, why not? That doesn't mean that if it was written down it would have more evidentiary value ... or are you one of those special folk who think that if it's written down, it must be true?
Say, next week can we debate the existence of Beren and Luthien? I'm sure they existed, because Tolkien wrote about them. And writing is evidence!
