RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
June 15, 2012 at 12:36 pm
(This post was last modified: June 15, 2012 at 12:37 pm by Minimalist.)
What? Pliny?
http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/jod/texts/pliny.html
Roman governor of Bithinia-Pontus ( Asia Minor ) from 110-112 BC. Notable friend of P. Cornelius Tacitus and commanding officer of Suetonius. Stumbled across a group which called themselves xtians because they were violating a law against private meetings and dealt with them but then referred the result to Trajan for confirmation.
Pliny died in 112 so there is no chance his letter was later than that and the contents are such that no xtian would forge it. Further, no xtian would forge Trajan's reply which is so mild in comparison to the harsh justice of our own day.
http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/jod/texts/pliny.html
Roman governor of Bithinia-Pontus ( Asia Minor ) from 110-112 BC. Notable friend of P. Cornelius Tacitus and commanding officer of Suetonius. Stumbled across a group which called themselves xtians because they were violating a law against private meetings and dealt with them but then referred the result to Trajan for confirmation.
Pliny died in 112 so there is no chance his letter was later than that and the contents are such that no xtian would forge it. Further, no xtian would forge Trajan's reply which is so mild in comparison to the harsh justice of our own day.
