If theists understood "evidence"

[RoadRunner79]

The Romans were federalists; of course, they granted authority to the local government, in the case of Palestine, that is, the Jews!  And, that's my whole point!!

Paul was not an authority!

He could not have done what he claims to have done; either the Romans would have arrested him (and, eventually, they did just that), or, the local Jewish authorities would have done so.  Instead, Paul was doing a bit of "storytelling"; as such, he is not a reliable witness to history.

Well, without some historical facts to back up your claims, I think that you are just story telling.  Trying to make a judgment seemingly by wrongly comparing it to modern practices.

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The Romans were federalists; of course, they granted authority to the local government, in the case of Palestine, that is, the Jews!  And, that's my whole point!!




He could not have done what he claims to have done; either the Romans would have arrested him (and, eventually, they did just that), or, the local Jewish authorities would have done so.  Instead, Paul was doing a bit of "storytelling"; as such, he is not a reliable witness to history.

Well, without some historical facts to back up your claims, I think that you are just story telling.  Trying to make a judgment seemingly by wrongly comparing it to modern practices.

This doesn't fit with my understanding of the turbulent nature of the relationship between the Jews and Rome at the time.  So I look for more information than just "I think this wouldn't have happened"