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Modern examples of gullibility as evidence against Christian claims
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RE: Modern examples of gullibility as evidence against Christian claims
(July 13, 2012 at 6:14 pm)Undeceived Wrote: I believe Mark was an eyewitness, since he was one of the "Seventy Disciples."

I don't think you understand what the word "eyewitness" means. If he were an eye-witness, he wouldn't base his Gospels on the preaching of another.

Quote:Even so, the witnesses I referred to were Matthew, John and Peter. You called the wrong man up to the stand.

Mark was the first Gospel. The ones that followed were clearly based on Mark. He's your "star witness". Any cross-examination of so-called "witnesses" needs to start with Mark.

Quote:One insignificant moment of "hearsay" (which is just reporting the words of another, like a journalist) is not going to kill the verdict.

Oh, you think just because I only asked about one example that this was the only one? Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness ring a bell? His prayers at the Garden of Gethsemane?

Quote:At the time, the inquisition of Jesus would have been public and recorded by official scribes.

Yet strangely these records, along with any 1st-2nd century Jewish records, are lost to history. How about that?

Quote:Also, you didn't call up the other witnesses, who are vital for fact-checking in a court case.

One at a time.

***Continuing with the so-called "eye-witness" cross-examination***

Me: Now, Luke, why are you here?

Luke: I'm one of the reliable "eye-witness accounts"

Me: But you're not an eye-witness and admit as much in your opening to your testimony.

Luke: Correct.

Me: I'm through with this guy!
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RE: Modern examples of gullibility as evidence against Christian claims - by DeistPaladin - July 14, 2012 at 12:48 am

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