(January 28, 2015 at 11:31 am)SteveII Wrote: The events described in the gospels and Acts are the best attested to set of individual events in ancient times. There are 4 sources (with supporting documentation from Paul) easily within a lifetime of eyewitnesses AND subsequent historical chain of events that support them.Easily within a lifetime?
ca. A.D.-----------------------200-----250---------------300--------350--450
Matthew--------------------------------P45---------------B-----------Sin.
Mark------------------------------------P45---------------B-----------Sin.--A
Luke------------------------------------P4,P45,P75-------B-----------Sin.--A
John---------------------------P66-----P45,P75----------B-----------Sin.--A
Acts-------------------------------------P45---------------B-----------Sin.--A
Romans-Hebrews------------P46------------------------B-----------Sin.--A
James-Jude-----------------------------------------------P72,B------Sin.--A
Apocalypse-----------------------------P47---------------------------Sin.--A
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
