(July 21, 2015 at 4:30 am)AtheistAspie Wrote:(June 24, 2015 at 10:48 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: "Minimal facts" ... how perfectly appropriate.
It doesn't help your point that each of those five statements are articles of faith. Considering that you've already written off the New Testament as useful evidence, I'm thinking this thread will have some entertainment value, but little substance.
You beat me to the punch! Most of these "we can prove X about religious history" explanations usually require as few facts as possible in order to work.
Spoken in ignorance.
There is more evidence than you care to admit, but the purpose of the Minimal Facts Approach is to work from the facts that NT scholars - believers and unbelievers alike - accept from NON-BIBLICAL sources.