(September 11, 2017 at 4:03 pm)SteveII Wrote:(September 11, 2017 at 3:21 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: bold mineWhat evidence would you expect to see from events that happened in the first century? Writings. The more the better. The more names we know the better. The more immediate effects these writings had the better. The more people that believed the events even before the writings the better (for example, Paul addresses the already existing churches throughout the Roman empire in the very first surviving writings).
Um...........what? How do you even measure this? By word count? By number of supposed authors? By amount of publication?
An argument for belief based on quantity alone? Really?
This might be one of the worst propositions you've put forward for your delusion.
So yes. Quantity of the only evidence we should expect to survive (writings) is an important factor.
OK, lets go with the quantity thing for now (even if it's poor quantity). Why the limit to the first century? What is your evidence that christianity has more quantity over any other religion/deity from any time in history? Do you have specific numbers or is this just your prejudiced opinion? And what exactly qualifies something to fit into your "quantity" category?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
