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Eyewitness Testimony of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus
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RE: Eyewitness Testimony of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus
(January 23, 2011 at 3:39 am)TheDarkestOfAngels Wrote: They usually don't rely on one source for evidence and assume something is true for the same reason historians of the future won't rely on batman novels to assume he was truely alive between now and when he was created early in the 20th century in detective comics. It's just not reliable. Volume of written material isn't indicitive of truth nor is it evidence of anything in particular. Consider Atlantis. Historians don't think this mythical city ever existed and likely simply Aristotle's flight of fancy in his written records because there's no physical evidence to support that the described place ever existed anywhere in the world.
The Bible is not one source, but 66 books over 1500 years by 40 authors in different places and languages. Moreover, we have 17 non-Christian sources within 150 years of Jesus' death, 12 which speak of His death, 7 of His resurrection and 7 of His deity. And there are over 25,000 archaelogical finds for the Bible. You admit batman was a comic, so why waste your time and bring him into the discussion to be a candidate for the uncreated Creator? Lack of volume of material for Jesus is not a valid excuse to reject the historical Jesus since He has more sources than any ten figures in antiquity combined. So not sure what the problem is? Are you just trying to avoid the opening post still not dealing with it?
(January 23, 2011 at 3:57 am)Skipper Wrote: I rode my horse over a fence and then to the shops and back. The disciples never rode Jesus anywhere.
A more likely naturalistic explanation is that you are lying because of your hostility towards God or hallucinated, since there are no flying horses in the historical record. You are still alone and don't have a group eyewitness testimony for your claim, plus riding horses doesn't seem to compare to atonement, resurrection, ascension.
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RE: Eyewitness Testimony of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus - by noselfwilling - January 23, 2011 at 3:57 am

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