Quote:Proof Jesus existed? The writings of Josephus as well as many of the other writings of the time all verify that there was a real man named Jesus Christ,
Oh fuck...Josephus again. Will they never get tired of trotting out this bullshit?
The Testimoniam Flavianum is an obvious forgery from the 4th century. We know this because we have Origen's commentary on Book XVIII of Antiquities of the Jews in which, even though the TF would greatly assist the argument he was trying to make he knows absofuckinglutely nothing about it. Eusebius' forgery ( and it may have been some unknown scribe on his staff but, as the cops say, in any crime- follow the money) proclaims Josephus as writing ""HE WAS THE CHRIST." Whereas Origen, also a xtian writer a mere 75 years earlier states that Josephus "did not know Christ." Obviously, even to a blind xtian that ought to be a wake-up call.
Before you trot out the whole tired litany of ancient writers kindly consult this thread beginning around post #22.
http://atheistforums.org/thread-5467.html
It's been done before. You are not the first xtian to show up here sprinkling jesus dust around and expecting everyone to marvel at your insight.
