(February 12, 2013 at 12:25 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Nobody has suggested that "somebody invented Jesus one day". My post here outlines how such an urban legend could have formed.
Okay....
Quote:You're blending folklore with history.
I don't see how that section links up with any kind of folklore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution...man_Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus
Quote:WTF? Medieval peasants? You've jumped 1000 years in history.
Yep. I date the dark ages & the start of the Medieval era by the division of rome & the beginning of the barbarian invasions.
Quote:The decline, seen in retrospect, occurred over a period of four centuries, culminating in the final dissolution of the Western Roman Empire on September 4, 476,
Outside rome, there were peasants, living exactly in the same environments we see in 8th century medieval europe.
You can also read about the vandals, the goths -especially goths- and see if they were living like peasants or not.
Don't forget that through all this timeline, europe was almost hanged ; without any kind of change.
Quote:All the more reason why folklore and urban legend could have run unchecked.
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