RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
July 31, 2013 at 2:01 am
(This post was last modified: July 31, 2013 at 2:07 am by Bad Writer.)
(July 30, 2013 at 9:57 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote:
I think I peed a little.
Hopefully this fixes your post.
(July 31, 2013 at 12:51 am)Undeceived Wrote:(July 30, 2013 at 2:55 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: Undeceived, clearly you have no concept of how important a contemporary is in determining whether or not someone or something existed.The earliest histories of Alexander the Great were written by Arrian and Plutarch more than four hundred years after his death. Plato was born in 427 BC-- his earliest manuscript is dated 895 BC. Both are considered to be generally trustworthy. In fact, if you researched, you’d be hard-pressed to find originals of most historical documents. Other examples, first date is time written and second is earliest copy:
Herodotus (History) 480 - 425 BC _____900 AD
Thucydides (History) 460 - 400 BC ____900 AD
Aristotle (Philosopher) 384 - 322 BC ___1,100 AD
Caesar (History) 100 - 44 BC _________900 AD
Now compare those to Jesus. We have physical Gospel quotes from as early as three decades after Jesus' death.
How do we know Alexander the Great existed? For all we know he is legend just like King Arthur. The same goes for Jesus. At least with Alexander the Great we aren't making up a religion based on someone that may or may not have existed.
And you still haven't given me any hope in your future of understanding what a contemporary is.