(November 22, 2014 at 2:03 pm)Rhythm Wrote: HM, did you pull the persecution card after using Pliny as a reliable source in your "case for christ"? I'm afraid that won't work........if Pliny is reliable then the tales of christian martyrdom are not - and that rules out Tacitus (as well as Suetonius) as a reliable source for a factual narrative of early christianity. It also puts the coals to any claims about christianity's vast spread. I'm afraid that you're going to have to make a choice between these competing claims if you wish to maintain the fantasy of having historical support for the articles of your faith.
You say that as if believing contradictory things is a problem for him. Evidence suggests otherwise...
