| Alistair 2008-01-30, 6:56 pm |
| On 30 Jan, 13:22, "Judson McClendon" <ju...@sunvaley0.com> wrote:
> "tlmfru" <la...@mts.net> wrote:
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> I said the documentation for the events of Christ's life were vastly more
> than any other comparably ancient event. The documents are vastly more
> numerous, and much closer to the actual events. For example, there are
> only nine ancient copies of Caesar's Gallic Wars, and the earliest dates
> from over 900 years after the events. Yet no one seriously questions
> them. However, there are thousands of copies of the New testament
> manuscripts, some dating from about 30 years after the events, and that
> was in living memory of them. It is uncommon for even hostile secular
> critics who are knowledgeable of this evidence to question that the Gospel=
> accounts of Jesus' life are accurate. If you don't believe that, then ther=
e is
> nothing I can say that would change your mind.
As a secular individual, I dispute the veracity and contents of the
gospels. They are contradictory and at least two appear to have
substantial amounts incorporated into them from a preceding document.
The gospels only document about three years of JCs life and only, to
my knowledge, have one external (to the bible) contemporaneous
reference to JC. Not much to go on. And something which would probably
fail in a court of law. (and yes I do recall the nonsence written
earlier about how it could prove his existence - I don't believe it).
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