RE: The First Century Void
August 10, 2017 at 3:06 am
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2017 at 3:07 am by Fake Messiah.)
(August 9, 2017 at 7:22 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: The facts of the matter, do not even show that the mythers arguments where even really present or much of a concern until about the 19th century.
You keep repeating that but even if this was true so what? Does this gives somehow merit to Jesus historicity? Many things were not questioned until 19th century. For instance wikipedia's article on evidence for validity of historicity of King Arthur says "These modern admissions of ignorance are a relatively recent trend". So, by your logic, does that mean that King Arthur really existed because only recently people have admitted there is no evidence for his existence?
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
