(October 21, 2009 at 1:35 pm)chatpilot Wrote: All evidence for the existence of Christ outside the gospels are forgeries or later interpolations which just goes back to being later forgeries by Christian apologists.
Why, do you suppose, a Christian apologist would feel the need to provide such forgeries to begin with? The passages that to which your article refers do not really shed a positive light on Christianity. Are you suggesting that some Christian in the past sat down and thought:
Christians need to make sure there is some secular support for the existence of Jesus. There does not appear to be that evidence out there so I think I will forge some evidence. Hmmm...I guess I cannot make such forged evidence too positive towards Christianity because people might catch on. I will make the forged evidence not so positive so as to appear more credible. Surely with this forged evidence it will be easier for people to believe that Jesus lived, died, and was resurrected.
I think that kind of thinking would be ridiculous. What other reasoning can you come up with as to why one for forge such passages? I cannot come up with anything that would make sense to me and your articles certainly did not help. What is your basis for saying these are forgeries?
