(September 11, 2017 at 4:19 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(September 11, 2017 at 4:03 pm)SteveII Wrote: What 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).
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?
Name another religions with evidence we can compare over any time span you want. Without a comparison, we would be left with just a litany of beliefs going way back that don't add anything to the discussion.
