(September 17, 2013 at 4:18 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote:(September 17, 2013 at 11:28 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: I'm not sure 'his execution wasn't recorded in the Roman records' is a fair criticism. Who has these records now? Are they complete? Weren't a lot of records destroyed during Rome's various crises?
But it's not evidence of Jesus' existence to say that his name could have been in those records which now don't exist. And it's not just the execution records, it's all other contemporary records which somehow fail to mention anything about him at all.
In case you haven't heard Tracie's Fallacy Model...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvftq2yst...7&index=14