"Gospel Quest" (or The Jesus Timeline)

[JesusHChrist]

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

Nope. Where did I mention the "Jesus Myth"? I think the evidence of Jesus very existence is paltry and a case can be made Jesus was a myth, but that wasn't the point of my post.

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

You do realize Mark is the source for a large portion of the other synoptic gospels? Matthew and Luke "borrowed" something like 40-50% *directly* from Mark. John is a different case all together and much later - no possibility of there being anything other than a retelling of decades-old legends and tales.

Multiple shitty eyewitness accounts, don't make the case any stronger. They are all hearsay at best and based on weak, practically worthless eyewitness "testimony". And eyewitness testimony, as a class of evidence, we know today, with cold, scientific precision, isn't worth much of anything. Read those links. Human memory is not just a little fallible and faulty. It's MOSTLY faulty and fallible. The faintest ink is worth more than the best human memory.

Also notice, ZERO eyewitness testimony is available. Not one word from anyone alive at the time. Quite odd considering Jesus was a such a great, famous rabble-rouser. Pissing off the Romans and the Jews. Preaching to thousands! Healing the sick! Driving those nasty money-changers from the temple!

And yet, no one thought about writing one word down.

The Christian case for bullshit, I mean Jesus, is beyond weak. It's virtually non-existent. Like your god.