RE: Theist Posters: Why do you believe your God exists?
March 8, 2017 at 2:42 pm
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2017 at 2:57 pm by SteveII.)
(March 8, 2017 at 8:45 am)Harry Nevis Wrote:(March 7, 2017 at 4:37 pm)SteveII Wrote: Why not? The events surrounding Jesus' life and teaching are the most attested to in ancient history (if you don't think so, name another). Why would't I believe the content of the NT? Do you have information as to why it would not contain what really happened? Why should I doubt the authors that describe Jesus performing a miracle?
No, they're not. Nothing about Jesus comes from outside the bible. Does repetition count? [1]
Amazing. So you're default position is to believe everything you read until proven otherwise? [2]
1. If one of the qualifications of being canonized (included the Bible) was an accepted period work about Jesus and his message, why do you act like your point matters?
2. No. And your reply is not an argument other than possibly an ad hominen one.
You provided no reason why I should not believe, so I think I will continue as I was.
(March 8, 2017 at 12:59 am)Stimbo Wrote:(March 7, 2017 at 4:37 pm)SteveII Wrote: Why not? The events surrounding Jesus' life and teaching are the most attested to in ancient history (if you don't think so, name another).
When was he born? When did he die? What exactly were his last words? How long was his ministry? [1] Why didn't anyone outside the story notice? [2]
1. There are opinions on each of those. The fact that the exact dates (or words) did not survive does not take away the volume of material (as in pertinent) information. Obviously it would have been know at one point and someone thought that it was not important to record/propagate it.
2. Who should have noticed that we would expect their writings to survive until today? Who is to say it was not in the Jerusalem Post or period Jewish records prior to the destruction of the city and the dispersing of an entire people group. I can't see why it would be mentioned in Rome until it reached Rome and/or caused a political problem--which it eventually did.
