(July 12, 2016 at 2:39 pm)madog Wrote:(July 12, 2016 at 2:30 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: There are a number of witnesses who recorded seeing it happen, not just the written accounts we have now, but also the historical tradition given to the early Church who didn't write down an account.
That didn't answer my question and certainly isn't empirical evidence that the "Son of God" was crucified ....
A group of people can state they knew some people that saw a man that claimed he was the historic napoleon Bonaparte being run over by a car. Even though I might even question this first/second hand account as empirical evidence, I would certainly discount that their account as empirical evidence that the man was actually the historic Napoleon Bonaparte.
I think that a circumstantial case can be made, that Jesus was the Son of God. And some of it may be considered empirical evidence (seeing the miracles).
Are you talking about a modern day automobile? There where steam powered vehicles during Napoleon's time. But yes, my first question would be, why they thought it was Napoleon Bonaparte.
