Evidence: The Gathering

[Mudhammam]

Why do you say "so-called"? It IS evidence, and it IS indirect or circumstantial...so why the scare quotes?

Do you agree with the California judicial system that there is no qualitative distinction between direct and circumstantial evidence"?

And what, specifically, do you find "incredibly shallow"?

I didn't add scare quotes... lol that was all you. In sum, I meant so-called with regards to your claim of miraculous occurrences. Circumstantial evidence, in this case, isn't an appropriate designation. I simply don't see a small collection of panegyrics and theologically-driven biographies as adequate, granted the nature of the claim Christians want to make, and considering all of the resources available, for establishing anything beyond that which most historians already acknowledge. In fact, the universal silence from the ancient world about Jesus' life on earth for the first thirty years following his public ministry and death, and outside of church politics for at least another century with a few exceptions of debatable significance, almost certainly attests to the fictional status of his resurrection and more substantial miracles that the three largely contradictory Gospel accounts must already lead one to conclude when read on their face.