| Avinash_Tyagi said: When Hamas targets are in the middle of civilian areas, then you're targeting civilians, most weapons aren't precise enough to hit only one target Yet you are supporting my argumetn, James was dead in 62, and Josepheus didn't have his work out until the 90's AD, so 30 years after james, once again we are dealing with very long time periods between these people's deaths and any writing of them, so it doesn't lend much credence to the fact that these were first hand accounts, rather it seems to indicate that these people did not know each other and were merely relating stories that they had heard. This is where the uncertainty arises, because that era was much more primitive, with more dubious forms of communication and record keeping, so we have little evidence to support the vailidity of the writings. Therefore they cannot be accepted as certain on their own, only with some outside proof can we accept the certainty of Jesus's existence |
So what kind of outside proof does one need to prove Jesus's existence?
You don't want first-hand accounts by Christians, so we refer to non-Christians such as Josephus. Josephus had many other books outside of Antiquity of the Jews....He was a well-known author by 93AD, as he had been a writer for 20+ years by then.
Furthermore, Josephus' writings have been used by archaeologists to determine very credible information concerning history around that period. For example, Ehud Netzer was able to discover the Tomb of Herod the Great (died in 3 BC. Who died well before Josephus was born) by reading Josephus' work. In fact, Josephus' work was so accurate, the tomb was exactly where he said it was. Despite the fact that Josephus wasn't born for another 40 years. So if Josephus' writings were so accurate about Herod, why are we throwing them out when it comes to others that Josephus wrote about? It would seem that you are trying to argue Jesus' legitimacy not based on factual analysis, but a desire for him not to exist.
So exactly what do you want to prove anyone, or anything existed 2,000 years ago? For all we know, the Roman empire could of been a myth, too.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
