(September 22, 2011 at 4:47 pm)Cinjin Wrote: this coming from the undisputed KING of throwing out ridiculous comparisons and hoping they stick.
Can you give an example where I have done this? Or are you just tossing something out and hoping it sticks?
(September 22, 2011 at 4:57 pm)Shell B Wrote: I'm not mistaken. It predates the Bible.
The earliest and only manuscript of the Poetic Edda dates to the 13th century, the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament date back to the 1st Century. It does not predate the Bible.
Quote: So you think the more copies of bullshit there are, the more likely it isn't bullshit?
Question begging epithet.
(September 22, 2011 at 4:19 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Wait, does this goes for tens of thousands as well? In that case, you're contradicting yourself again.
People making baseless assertions on a discussion board has nothing to do with scribes copying manuscripts. The more copied manuscripts you have of a document the better preserved the original is because you can do textual comparisons and infer what the original document was.
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Reliable contemporary sources. Corroborating text, such as birth certificates, death certificates, more contemporary sources, paintings done during the figure's lifetime, etc. I do not accept texts written more than a lifetime after the supposed figure's life that is not supported by evidence from that person's lifetime.
Well the apostles did live at the same time as Jesus, so they are certainly contemporary sources. The earliest manuscript of scripture is from the gospel of Mark which dates back to 53 A.D., so we certainly have manuscripts dating closer to Christ’s life than any other figure from that time period. The New Testament is the best preserved document from antiquity, so it is certainly a reliable document. As for the birth and death certificate point, I am not aware of any birth certificates for any historical figures from that time period so that’s pretty absurd to even ask for. So even when you set the bar artificially high to try count out Christ’s testimony, it still exceeds it.
So do you believe Plato, Caesar, or Homer ever existed? If so, why?
