(March 1, 2019 at 12:54 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(March 1, 2019 at 9:33 am)Brian37 Wrote: Darth Vader didn't wear fishnets either.
How can I hurt a fictional being?
Quote:"Blasphemy is a Victimless Crime."
-- Richard Dawkins
(March 1, 2019 at 4:07 am)Godscreated Wrote: Proof they thought it was a sham, there's no indication they were believed to be shames by those who rejected Him, as a matter of fact He healed people known to others to be ill and cured of that particular illness.
GC
Who claimed this, though? Answer: 2nd or 3rd generation, Greek speaking Christians who were scattered throughout the Diaspora.
GC, Do you believe in the Miracle of Calanda:
Wikipedia -- Miracle of Calanda
If not, why not?
(March 1, 2019 at 7:06 am)Acrobat Wrote: None of these pagan sources mention Pilate either, or hardly any jewish religious figures at the time like Elder Hillel, or any of the other numerous messiah claimants strung up by Rome.
Why?
Perhaps because writing was an expensive enterprise, so why waste it writing about irrelevant figures, or on news reports that have no real importance to the pagan communities? Their lack of mentioning of any of above mentioned figures, reveals their lack of interest in doing so.
They knew religious cranks when they saw or heard about them; as you state, such were a dime-a-dozen in first century Palestine.
Whether they knew them or not, they didn’t particularly care to write about them, none of their writings of the time mention any of the Jewish messiah claimants, they don’t even mention people like Pilate, let alone Jesus.
