(June 21, 2013 at 12:02 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(June 20, 2013 at 10:22 pm)BettyG Wrote: Read your history books. No one suggested such a ridiculous thing until the last century. There are both Roman and Jewish ancient sources that talk about Jesus.
Debunked I'm afraid.
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/s...ojfaq.html
It boils down to my list of authorities versus yours. Why is it that no one doubted Christ's existence for more than the first 1800 years? The weight of history is against your side.
In spite of all the evidence in favor of Christ, I don't think it is absolutely necessary that anyone wrote about Him. Who says that a person has to have been written about to prove they existed? I would assume that it was so taken for granted that no one ever thought that some 1800-2000 years later that documentation would be needed by skeptics like you. Of all the 6 billion people alive today, how many have had a book written about them?
Do you doubt the Trojan war? We have more proof that Jesus was alive than we do of that event. What other historical events do you doubt? Or is it only the ones that would change the way you live, i.e. your morality or lifestyle?
