(June 17, 2015 at 3:15 pm)abaris Wrote: And what's more, Tacitus only repeated what christians claimed.And it would seem that neither he nor Josephus took any of the supernatural claims seriously. Because it seems odd that they'd report on what GOD IN THE FLESH was doing just a couple of decades ago without becoming converts themselves.
"Dear Diary, I learned today that the actual creator of the universe and divine heavenly father passed through this region a few years ago, performed incredible miracles, threatened hellfire to the unbelievers, then gave his life as a way for all to earn salvation. Quite amazing, really! Also, I think the neighbor's daughter likes me. She stopped by the other day and we talked about the weather..." *goes on about the neighbor's daughter for seventy additional pages, never mentions jesus again*
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould
-Stephen Jay Gould
