Evidence: The Gathering

[Mudhammam]

Christians do have evidence for the existence of God, Jesus and the resurrection. Like most historical evidence, it's indirect evidence and cannot be measured or repeated by science, but if there is "no qualitative distinction between direct and circumstantial evidence", then atheists have some serious re-thinking to do.

I would encourage everyone to read the materials available from the ancient world, from the poets and philosophers to the historians and mystics, etc. I've spent the majority of my time this year reading literature beginning with ancient near east cultures, dating from the third millennium BC, passing through Homer and the presocratics to the Romans and now currently on the early Christian fathers. Your so-called circumstantial evidence is incredibly shallow. Out of curiosity, what other works from the ancient world have you familiarized yourself with to objectively evaluate the credibility and context in which your beloved apostle and his fellow ministers composed their theologies?