kevin the wiiite said: Link to Wikipedia article on josephus' writings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews The problem you're pointing out is that we don't know if God didn't put a lot of things on earth to tempt us not to believe in him. For instance, He very well may have put a ton of million year old fossils on the earth when he created it and put all of the light waves in place for all the stars so that as far as we know they are that old. |
That would be a dick move by a supposed benevolent and good God. Celestial Entrapment, anyone? That would make him no better than the snake in the garden of Eden.
Reminds me of one of my favourite quotes on the subject;