(December 1, 2010 at 11:30 am)Chapabel Wrote: The 500 witnesses may not have confirmed what Paul wrote, but neither did any of them deny what he wrote.
What?!!?
How could 500 mythical "witnesses" deny anything? Yesterday I flapped my arms and flew up into the sky! Five hundred people witnessed it! None of them are denying it, so it must be true!
Unbelievable....
Quote:The same applies to those traveling with Paul. None of them refuted his claim. And BTW, yes, most of the people at the time were illiterate.
See above comment.
Quote:Remember also that silence is not evidence. Just because no secular historian wrote about Jesus at the time proves nothing.
Keep telling yourself that. Then ask yourself how a man running around performing all manner of miracles who then rises up from the dead after being executed isn't worth even a passing mention in the works of someone keeping historical records.
Quote:If silence is evidence then the silence of opposition against Jesus must be accepted as well.
Show me where people wrote about their opposition to Pecos Bill. By your logic, we must then accept the notion that Pecos Bill truly lived and he actually lassoed a tornado!
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?
