(December 30, 2011 at 4:31 am)chipan Wrote: "It's known as a P.R.A.T.T. argument - Points (or Previously) Refuted A Thousand Times. I call it the Magic Roundabout."
they certainly are not refuted on this thread and this thread is solely about whether jesus existed or not. if you certainly did refute them then do it again, it should be simple right? oh and saying those historical documents don't count b/c they don't exist doesn't count as an arguement. if they're fake, prove it.
As I still retain a vestige of faith in human nature, I refuse to believe that you are genuinely this dim. The qualifier "in this thread" is your addition to my comment; perhaps if you ventured beyond this thread into others on similar topics, or even to resources that have been cited here or in those other threads, we might finally get a bit of traction going. The historical documents you mention have indeed been shown to be either fake, non-contemporary or not what theists think they are. I have zero interest in discussing things with someone who wants to be spoonfed.
However, in the spirit of New Year conviviality, all of the refutations you seek are archived here in one convenient user-friendly location: http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/. Not only does site owner Ken Humphries dissect the whole Jesus myth atom by atom, he cites his sources.
P.S. For the final time I will ask you to learn how to use the quote tags. While you may not be in breach of the rules per se, using the facility makes it so much easier to read your posts and also ensures that you are not quoting incorrectly, which is a guideline breach. If it will make it any easier, click 'Reply' at the foot of this post and take a look at how I did it.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
