(March 19, 2012 at 11:20 am)FallentoReason Wrote: Apart from the New Testament, where was Jesus?Apart from Plato, where is Socrates?
Historical information about Socrates can only be found in the dramatic work of Aristophanes and the Platonic dialogues. By your standard, Plato would be a biased source and should be discarded. Aristophanes has Socrates walking three feet in the air, which also by your standard would disqualify the playwright as a reliable source. In both cases the picture we get of Socrates is that of fictional character. Since you are asserting that Jesus was fictional are you also, based on the same or less evidence for Socrates, ready to state that historically Socrates never existed?
