(November 30, 2010 at 9:08 pm)Chapabel Wrote: What about the writings of Cornelius Tactitus? He was neither a Jew nor a Christian. Also, lets not forget Pliny the Younger, Lucian, Mara Bar-Serapion, Thallus, and Suetonius. So we are to assume that ALL secular writings that mention Jesus have been " manipulated " by the church? Right...
Every one of your "sources" (with the possible exception of Thallus) was born AFTER "Jesus" supposedly died. This means they did not witness a living "Jesus". At best, anything they wrote about "Jesus" would be hearsay. And we all know how much weight hearsay is given.
As for Thallus, we don't know anything about him! When he was born, when he died, when he wrote, how much he wrote, or even if his name was really Thallus! And we don't have any of his original writings.
So, you threw out a lot of names but they all mean virtually nothing. I'm surprised you didn't mention Josephus.
Now try finding a mention of "Jesus" in the works of historians who lived at the time "Jesus" supposedly lived. Check out the writings of Philo Judaeus, Pliny the Elder, or Seneca. Of course, Christian apologists don't like to reference these people because they don't support the notion of a living "Jesus".
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
