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Re: Heads up, atheists
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 6 Jan 2006 21:55:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
I’m surprised that this is going to court, honestly.
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Agreed. Kinda like the Scopes trial in reverse;-)
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How can you prove that
someone didn’t exist ~2000 years ago? The best you can do, IMO, is show that
the evidence doesn’t support the conclusion that he existed.
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He sets up a classic error-- he has so-called proofs that he has written about
that Jesus didn’t exist-- he claims it is up to the other side to prove him
wrong.
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AFAIC, the Gospels are themselves adequate evidence to conclude that Jesus
the man did exist, since it’s hardly an extraordinary claim.
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Even moreso the historian Josephus’ mention of Jesus (even without all of the
later embellishments).
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Of course, even if he is shown to have existed, that doesn’t do anything
to prove his parentage...
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lol Reminds me of the book, The DaVinci Code. Have you read any of Brown’s
pulp fiction?
JOHN
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| (...) I suspect that Jason Robards won't be starring in the film version of this one, though. (...) That's not always unreasonable, except when the necessary disproof is so burdensome that it becomes practically impossible. If I asserted that my (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I'm surprised that this is going to court, honestly. How can you prove that someone didn't exist ~2000 years ago? The best you can do, IMO, is show that the evidence doesn't support the conclusion that he existed. AFAIC, the Gospels are (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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