The Historical Reliability of the New Testament

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There's historical evidence for the Christian cult in the First Century AD

Perhaps you can show it to me?  Whenever I ask xtians all I get is a pile of pious bullshit from the bible and that's worthless.

The proto-orthodox seem to have been shaken to their core by the work of Marcion.  Here's Irenaeus on the subject.

http://www.earlychurchtexts.com/public/i...arcion.htm

Note how Marcion is accused of editing the work of "paul" and the so-called gospels.  Except, until Marcion, there was no canon,  He was the first.  And he scared the shit out of the proto-orthodox with it.

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Feel free to join in, Nestor....if you have anything relevant to add.