RE: If theists understood "evidence"
October 10, 2018 at 4:19 pm
(This post was last modified: October 10, 2018 at 4:20 pm by Jehanne.)
(October 9, 2018 at 6:47 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(October 9, 2018 at 9:58 am)Jehanne Wrote: The Romans were federalists; of course, they granted authority to the local government, in the case of Palestine, that is, the Jews! And, that's my whole point!!
He could not have done what he claims to have done; either the Romans would have arrested him (and, eventually, they did just that), or, the local Jewish authorities would have done so. Instead, Paul was doing a bit of "storytelling"; as such, he is not a reliable witness to history.
I was trying to research this some today. I couldn’t find much of anyone advocating this view; a few asking questions, but not anyone seriously trying to put this forth or even trying to refute it. I definitely couldn’t find anyone offering historical evidence to support it.
You reject modern scholarly consensus only to appeal to it?