(October 18, 2013 at 8:04 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: This is supported by the Babylonian Talmud which states that Jesus was killed on Passover Eve, and makes no objection to the timing of this in regards to Jewish law.
The Talmud contains a 4th century entry about A Yeshua (not necessarily THE) who was executed after a 40 day trial. This particular Yeshua had five disciples but none of the names are familiar. He was politically powerful with ties to the government, which the Gospel character never had. Yeshua was a common name and this doesn't seem to be the one you're looking for.
Same problem with the Josephan reference. Yeshua bar Damneus is not the Gospel character.
Pliny doesn't mention Jesus, only Christians. Seutonius doesn't mention Jesus, only a Chrestus who was causing problems in Rome in the mid-1st century. Tacitus is the strongest piece of evidence, only showing tampering and being so late and oblique that it doesn't even mention Jesus by name.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
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