(September 12, 2017 at 11:04 am)Harry Nevis Wrote:(September 12, 2017 at 10:38 am)SteveII Wrote: 1. It is not one person's account. There are 9 writers of the NT and hundreds more people referred to that the addressees know.
2. No, your concept of special pleading is off. I am not applying different standards--I am considering the evidence we have.
3. You are espousing a fringe theory. The evidence can be interpreted just as the authors claimed (which is how we interpret every other historical document). Again, I don't care if you don't believe it or believe another theory. You don't have any proof that it is not what it claims to be. It is a matter of opinion as to what the evidence indicates.
4. How in the world would you know that no document every existed that mentioned these things? The only point you have is that there are no surviving documents. Absence of additional evidence is still not evidence of absence.
5. Since you did not debunk any of my points above, we are still left with evidence to consider. Which means that your charge of special pleading is simply wrong.
So, it's a "fringe theory" to look for corroborating evidence for supernatural and historical claims?!
Or is it "fringe" to not be a christian since there are simply so many? Who gives a shit if it's fringe if it is a valid position.