(December 8, 2011 at 10:12 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You also forgot Pliny the Younger probably the earliest Roman writer to mention xtians ( but not any "jesus") in a report to Trajan about what a bunch of wimps xtians were.
Ah, right. I think my oversight should be understandable considering taht Pliny only speaks of 2nd century Christians, not Jesus nor any Christos not the early Church. Why this is put forward as "evidence" for a historical Jesus escapes me. It's like proving Santa by speaking of children that believe in him.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist