(July 6, 2016 at 1:04 pm)SteveII Wrote:(July 6, 2016 at 12:18 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: You have a bunch of circumstantial evidence. So do they. Both cases are weak. I've yet to see a difference.
You are comparing apples and oranges.I don't think it is reasonable to think the NT authors were simply mistaken (as there is ample reasons to think UFO people are)--especially with the additional evidence of the existing churches. The only plausible explanation of the contents being false is intentional deception. That would have been quite an undertaken and I think we would need to answer the question why?
This is how you sound to me:
I'm not going to accept that the arguments I usually make for testimonies or reports of extraordinary events should apply to the testimonies or reports of the extraordinary events that I myself have committed to accepting as true no matter what ... because Jesus.