"Gospel Quest" (or The Jesus Timeline)

[SteveII]

The whole Christian reliance on "eye witnesses" is pathetic.

Psychologists have questioned the reliability of eyewitness testimony since the beginning of the 20th century.[1] However, many early studies on the matter were regarded[by whom?] as insufficient.

This questioning of the credibility of eywitness testimony began with Hugo Münsterberg, who first developed the field of forensic psychology. He specifically doubted the reliability of perception and memory in his book "On the Witness Stand" (1908). Interrogation was mentioned as an issue because of its intimidating methods. Through this[which?] he developed an early version of the lie detector. There was a torn[clarification needed] reaction to his ideas; while the legal arena was in stern disagreement, they became popular among the public.[2] It was not until forensic DNA testing began exonerating innocent people in the 1990s that the relationship between wrongful convictions and eyewitness testimony was confirmed. Studies by Scheck, Neufel, and Dwyer showed that 52 of the first 62 DNA-based exoneration cases involved eyewitness testimony.[3] The Innocence Project reports eyewitness misidentification occurred in 75% of a category of overturned convictions in the United States of America.[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyewitness_testimony

In Ye Olden Dayes, before the advent of fancy sciency-stuff such as DNA testing, eyewitnesses were all they had.

Unfortunately, it turns out, eyewitness testimony is close to worthless.

See:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...s-have-it/

and more:

http://agora.stanford.edu/sjls/Issue%20O...versky.htm

and more:

http://www.law.yale.edu/news/2727.htm

Hard evidence trumps hearsay and so-call "eyewitness" testimony.

Got any hard evidence for Jeebs and his Merry Band of Men?

Didn't think so.

Ugh, are you beating the dead horse of Jesus Myth again? Get your head out of the sand.

Regarding eyewitness accounts...good thing there are four gospels to compare and contrast instead of one.