(August 8, 2017 at 8:32 am)Dropship Wrote:(June 10, 2017 at 6:22 pm)Minimalist Wrote: ..One of Richard Carrier's most compelling arguments, the utter failure of any first century Greco-Roman writer to mention anything about xtianity..
Huh? Paul wrote big chunks of the New T and he was a Roman citizen (with joint Jewish citizenship)..
Anyway think POLITICS..
When Christianity began snowballing in popularity after Jesus's execution, the snooty priests said- "Oops, better not let on it was us who killed him! Quick, SHRED all the documents implicating us or we'll have a Jesusgate scandal on our hands!
We'll try to airbrush him out of history and crack down on christians, then people will soon forget all about him"
I don't think that you have any evidence to support that.... also easier said than done.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther