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Is Accepting Christian Evidence Special Pleading?

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Is Accepting Christian Evidence Special Pleading?
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RE: Is Accepting Christian Evidence Special Pleading?
September 18, 2017 at 1:21 pm (This post was last modified: September 18, 2017 at 1:23 pm by Astreja.)
(September 18, 2017 at 11:22 am)SteveII Wrote:
(September 18, 2017 at 10:59 am)Astreja Wrote: What are the contemporaneous sources for the life of Jesus, Steve?  I don't see anything from historians such as Philo of Alexandria, who was in the right place and time and even had connections by marriage to the family of Herod.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicit...historical

Not what I asked, Steve.  Why does Philo say nothing at all about someone who was in the same place at the same time, and allegedly causing such a profound ruckus that the Roman occupiers of Judea had to get involved?
(September 18, 2017 at 11:17 am)SteveII Wrote: Miracles are supernatural causes with a natural effect.

Unsupported assertion.
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Is Accepting Christian Evidence Special Pleading?

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Is Accepting Christian Evidence Special Pleading? - by SteveII - September 11, 2017 at 1:41 pm
RE: Is Accepting Christian Evidence Special Pleading? - by Astreja - September 18, 2017 at 1:21 pm

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