RE: The God of Convenience
January 4, 2015 at 12:07 am
(This post was last modified: January 4, 2015 at 12:07 am by bennyboy.)
(January 3, 2015 at 4:25 pm)Lek Wrote:Right, Socrates is a better example than Plato, because he's known largely through Plato's works.(January 3, 2015 at 4:15 pm)bennyboy Wrote: If anyone bothers to link actual facts to them, are you going to accept them as fact? Why don't you and I, here and now, actually attempt to dig up proof for both Jesus and Plato, and see which is more convincing?
I think we've examined the evidence for Jesus quite thoroughly in the this forum. I don't have to dig up all the new testament writings as well as the non-canonical writings, although I will present them as evidence. So what re your "actual facts" to prove the existence of Plato; or better yet, Socrates if you believe he existed. Actually, he's a better example than Plato.
Similarly, you can make a better case for the existence of John, Matthew, Luke, etc. than for Jesus because they seem to have written (or caused to be written) the Gospels.
But if Jesus was such a big deal, why aren't there Gospels written during his life? You'd think a dude walking around on water, changing water into wine, magically healing people and coming back from the freaking dead would be events that would attract a lot more attention. How about letters to Caesar reading, "Holy, shit, dude, you gotta hear this. . ." ?
