Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism

[Jehanne]

It's an inference.  Mark is the earliest Gospel and it states that Jesus "passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen", which implies that he and they were of the same social class.

Fact is that 7 authentic letters of Paul survive and nothing from Jesus does, which implies that Jesus wrote nothing, likely, because he could not write.

Dawn

Virtually everything we know about Socrates comes from Plato and Xenophon - Socrates wrote nothing. Can we infer from this that Socrates was illiterate?

Boru

No, of course not! But, Plato, in recounting his Teacher, mentions him by name. Nothing at all similar for Jesus, who, supposedly, "taught with great authority".

Dawn