RE: Evidence: The Gathering
July 19, 2015 at 2:43 pm
(This post was last modified: July 19, 2015 at 3:03 pm by Athene.)
I'm not sure how much of this can be defined as evidence. You asking questions about open-ended specific events is just plain speculation. There's a lot witness accounts, but that's not even considered to be good evidence by today's standards. The account of another account of a guy who converted because he followed another guy, 2000 years is not compelling evidence of anything. I'm sorry, it's just not.
I'm fairly certain that the writings of Josephus have been debunked as forgeries. I could be wrong. I'm sure someone will let me know.
While it's true that a few Roman leaders did reference Christ in their writings, there's no reason to assume they were referring to Jesus. The word Christ simply means "anointed one" A specific reference to Jesus Christ would go a long way towards confirming that Jesus did walk the Earth. So, what?
Even going on the assumption that Jesus actually existed, was crucified, and even that his tomb was empty...how does that prove the existence of a God? Existing and dying are not an extraordinary events. A tomb being empty is not extraordinary, either. None of those are reasons to believe that there is a God exists.
You are not going to be able prove what thousands of scholars who have devoted their life to this issue haven't.
You cannot prove a god exists. It cannot be done. Especially on a site like this. Understand your audience. Have a nice day.
I'm fairly certain that the writings of Josephus have been debunked as forgeries. I could be wrong. I'm sure someone will let me know.
While it's true that a few Roman leaders did reference Christ in their writings, there's no reason to assume they were referring to Jesus. The word Christ simply means "anointed one" A specific reference to Jesus Christ would go a long way towards confirming that Jesus did walk the Earth. So, what?
Even going on the assumption that Jesus actually existed, was crucified, and even that his tomb was empty...how does that prove the existence of a God? Existing and dying are not an extraordinary events. A tomb being empty is not extraordinary, either. None of those are reasons to believe that there is a God exists.
You are not going to be able prove what thousands of scholars who have devoted their life to this issue haven't.
You cannot prove a god exists. It cannot be done. Especially on a site like this. Understand your audience. Have a nice day.