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Tacitus
#31
RE: Tacitus
(August 19, 2014 at 3:41 am)revivin Wrote:
(August 19, 2014 at 3:39 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: assertions

When I read the NT I think there are some facts we can glean from it. One of those facts is out of all the epistles of Paul, one thing is sure, he believed he spent 15 days with Peter and they both shared the experience of believing they saw Jesus resurrected to groups.

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#32
RE: Tacitus
(August 19, 2014 at 3:43 am)revivin Wrote:
(August 19, 2014 at 3:41 am)Esquilax Wrote: Given that multiple corroborations form the basis of every other religion too

No other religion has eyewitness testimony in various groups of resurrection.

Nor does christianity: none of the gospel writers ever met Jesus.
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#33
RE: Tacitus
(August 19, 2014 at 3:46 am)Esquilax Wrote: Nor does christianity: none of the gospel writers ever met Jesus.

There is no reason to believe that. I only have evidence for the NT written by the eyewitnesses and those closest to them.

What better evidence could you ask for?
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#34
RE: Tacitus
(August 19, 2014 at 3:43 am)revivin Wrote:
(August 19, 2014 at 3:41 am)Esquilax Wrote: Given that multiple corroborations form the basis of every other religion too

No other religion has eyewitness testimony in various groups of resurrection.

From a book called "Problems and Materials on Trial Advocacy":

Eyewitness testimony is, at best, evidence of what the witness believes to have occurred. It may or may not tell what actually happened. The familiar problems of perception, of gauging time, speed, height, weight, of accurate identification of persons accused of crime all contribute to making honest testimony something less than completely credible.

Another problem with your "argument" (very loose use of this word, considering all you have done is repeat the same stuff over and over) is that you have failed to demonstrate that the "eyewitness" accounts are exactly that. If I write a few different documents, from the point of view of various people I make up, claiming they saw something happen, then there is no way that they would be accepted as credible. You are claiming these eyewitness testimonies are genuine, so prove that.
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#35
RE: Tacitus
Eyewitnesses are unreliable: people lie.

There's no reason to believe they didn't.
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#36
RE: Tacitus
(August 19, 2014 at 3:54 am)Tobie Wrote: [i]Eyewitness testimony is, at best, evidence of what the witness believes to have occurred.

They believed they saw Jesus alive from the dead. None ever said otherwise. These multiple sources are from different people.

What better evidence could there be than what we have in the NT?
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#37
RE: Tacitus
(August 19, 2014 at 3:56 am)revivin Wrote:
(August 19, 2014 at 3:54 am)Tobie Wrote: [i]Eyewitness testimony is, at best, evidence of what the witness believes to have occurred.

They believed they saw Jesus alive from the dead. None every said otherwise.

What better evidence could there be than what we have in the NT?

So your argument has now become "no one wrote down that they didn't see Jesus get resurrected"? How desperate are you?

You cannot use the NT as evidence for things written in the NT. It is called circular reasoning and is a fallacy.
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#38
RE: Tacitus
(August 19, 2014 at 4:00 am)Tobie Wrote: You cannot use the NT as evidence for things written in the NT. It is called circular reasoning and is a fallacy.

I don't think it is circular reasoning. You would have show that.

What the NT is is various individuals recording history. And they all agree the 12 Apostles believed they saw Jesus alive from the dead in various groups.

What better evidence could you ask for?
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#39
RE: Tacitus
(August 19, 2014 at 3:56 am)revivin Wrote:
(August 19, 2014 at 3:54 am)Tobie Wrote: [i]Eyewitness testimony is, at best, evidence of what the witness believes to have occurred.

They believed they saw Jesus alive from the dead. None ever said otherwise. These multiple sources are from different people.

What better evidence could there be than what we have in the NT?

You're either thick as a brick or a troll. I rest my case.
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.

Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.

Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.

Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.

Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
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#40
RE: Tacitus
As I read the NT I can't imagine better evidence than this, can you?
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