(October 23, 2012 at 8:47 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: What's so great about Tacitus' account? We know that the Christians believed those things. That's what Tacitus is doing; simply voicing the beliefs of the Christians at the time. He wasn't a contemporary to the events so that's all he can really do.
Spot on. Xtians exist; that's not in dispute. Xtians exist, therefore Jesus, is just stupid. Similarly, the existence of children who write letters every year and posting them up the chimney must prove that Santa is real. Which he is, of course.
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.'