(October 22, 2012 at 3:56 pm)Darkstar Wrote: If the government recorded it, it would have more credibility.Definitely - but the question is, should we expect to find government record of it? If so, then as tea noted, it's a valid argument from silence. If not, it's a garden-variety fallacious argument from silence.
Do we have a multitude of government records of such claims from religions in outlying areas from that time period? If not, why is such expectation re: Christian claims reasonable?