(April 27, 2010 at 5:45 pm)True Christian Wrote: There are a number of reasons why the recording of this event cannot be found
And here comes the rationalizing...
Quote:-Very few people could write at that time, maybe in Jerusalem no such person was present that chose to record it. Even then, the written words of a single person, like a diary, is easily lost.
There were a number of historians living in or near the area that Jesus supposedly lived. And NOT ONE mentions him. Pliny the Elder, Philo Judaeus and Seneca all lived during the time Jesus was supposedly running around performing miracles. And they make not one mention of him. Why wouldn't these historians record stories of a Jew who performed miraculous wonders, was executed and rose up from the dead after three days? Not to mention all the corpses crawling out of graveyards! A monumental event like this and none of these people write a sentence about any of it? Why would that be? Maybe because... IT NEVER HAPPENED?
Quote:-It might have been destroyed by the romans/high priests to get rid of evidence for the troublemaker that Jesus was.
Why would they want to get rid of of evidence relating to a "troublemaker" who was executed? And this fails to explain why none of the historians previously mentioned recorded the exploits of "Jesus".
Quote:-It might have been lost in the 2000 years between then and now !
The writings of Pliny the Elder, Philo Judaeus and Seneca all survived. Plus, we have many records from that era that have survived. The Romans were good record keepers. You'd think they would have mentioned this "Jesus" person SOMEWHERE.
Quote:There is not evidence for everything. Some things just dont have several sources of evidence to back them up.
"Several sources"? There are ZERO sources that support the story of "Jesus". And it's true that there is not evidence for everything. But there is nothing in any record or document that records a Jew who performed miracles, was tried, publicly executed and rose up from the dead? Surely, SOMEWHERE the tale of a man who came back to life and ascended to heaven in front of witnesses would have been written down. Especially since "Jesus" was supposedly a famous person for his time! Imagine researching Elvis and finding there was nothing written about him ANYWHERE during the time he was supposedly alive. What would that make you think?
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?