(June 19, 2016 at 6:36 am)madog Wrote:(June 19, 2016 at 6:32 am)robvalue Wrote: The thing that bugs me the most is why anyone would wait decades to write anything down about this. Of course, if they hadn't been born yet, that's a suitable excuse.
Or maybe what actually happened was written down and has been lost/destroyed.
I think it more likely a new church was formed and then they created the myth .... [1]
(June 19, 2016 at 6:41 am)robvalue Wrote: Considering the similarities to previous mythologies, I think that's highly likely. [2] The story was just plausible enough so that there was bound to be plenty of people who would have actually been alive who it "could have been". Once you remove all the stuff that obviously didn't happen, of course. Not a problem back then though I imagine. [3]
By what criteria and evidence to you judge this likelihood?
1) Is that something the historical evidence about 1st century Palestinian Jews would lead you to believe likely? Are Jewish people of the 1st century the sort of people you would expect to create a myth? Are they the sort of people you would expect to accept the myth to the degree they actually did? If not, what leads you to believe it likely?
2) Same questions as #1, for you Rob.
3) Not even a problem for the Jews of 1st century Palestine?
