varusword75 wrote:
Josephus...
... was born in 37AD, and was Romano-Jewish. Nice first-hand account
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or we could look at what pliny the younger said...
Born in AD67,
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or how about tacitus one of historys most famous historians;
Born in AD56.
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Only brainwashed radical liberals doubt jesus existed and was crucified.
And notice, I didn't even mention existence nor crucifiction, just the resurrection. Jesus almost certainly existed as a person, and I highly doubt you'd find many people (and likely none on this board) who would deny that.
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And it even takes a bigger leap of faith to say 100's of people risked and I quote "the extreme penalty" for something that wasn't true.
See Nat's response. Edit: this was actually almost the exact quote her father used. As said, those "hundreds" are unnamed, the ones named are followers, and the go-to gospels weren't written until 50-70 years later. These folks weren't risking much by that criteria.
Edited, Jul 28th 2011 2:43pm by LockeColeMA