(February 1, 2015 at 2:58 pm)SteveII Wrote: 1. The gospel writers exist as evidenced by the gospels.You do understand circular reasoning?
(February 1, 2015 at 2:58 pm)SteveII Wrote: 2. We know the time frame of the gospels (with the lifetime of eyewitnesses).The gospels date after the lifetime of the 'authors'. That has already been shown.
(February 1, 2015 at 2:58 pm)SteveII Wrote: 3. We know the content was believed by others even before the gospels themselves were written (epistles, etc.).And some people believe in faeries. Belief is not evidence or proof.
(February 1, 2015 at 2:58 pm)SteveII Wrote: 4. and perhaps the most important thing that does not seem to sink in is that we are discussing a particular event, the resurrection.Which no one witnessed.
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-- 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