Archaeology of the New Testament

[Into the Night]

You must have posted this to the wrong person because I have repeatedly stated Genesis is not historical biography nor witness accounts. Genesis 1 has the literary structure of Hebrew poetry.

Non-sequitur fallacy. You deny the Bible.

 

[Into the Night]

Neither are there of Alexander the Great, but never in your life have you ever questioned his historicity. The accounts we have of Alexander the Great were written four centuries after he died.

The question is about what does the evidence point too. The evidence points to the fact that the gospels were authored by eyewitnesses, or by people who interviewed the eyewitnesses.

I'm satisfied that previously in this thread you conceded that there is sufficient evidence to accept these are probably historical facts:

A Jewish rabbi named Jesus of Nazareth lived in first century Galilee.​

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He had a ministry and disciples.​

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He was arrested by the Sanhedrin, and executed by the Romans.​

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His students genuinely believed they saw him after the crucifixion.​

...and you deny the Bible, particularly the Old Testament.

 

[Into the Night]

As far as I know, none of the claims involved nonsensical stories about him performing miracles or coming back from the dead aft 3 days. If those claims existed, hopefully all reasonable people would question them.

What evidence points to that?

Yes.

Yes

Yes.

We know one person, Paul, believed that because there's sufficient evidence that we have Paul's writings.

We have no idea if anyone else actually believed they saw him alive after being killed.

There is. Go read it.

 

[Into the Night]

I don't watch professional wrestling, roller derby, or dodgeball. I only watch or play real sports.

Dodgeball is a real sport, Cyborg.

 

[Ichabod Stain]

What do you think was forged, NoName?

what do you think wasn't?

 

[Into the Night]

what do you think wasn't?

So you have no answer. Didn't think you did. Attempted force of negative proof fallacy.

 

[Ichabod Stain]

So you have no answer. Didn't think you did. Attempted force of negative proof fallacy.

YOu have no answer either.

as far as we know anything could be fake.

people lie. documents are forged.

the only solution is to think for yourself.

can you handle it, ape?

 

[Into the Night]

YOu have no answer either.

I didn't make the claim, NoName. YOU DID. You cannot blame your problem on me or anybody else.

as far as we know anything could be fake.

Having a schizophrenic episode? You are only one person.

people lie. documents are forged.

And such is usually discovered.

the only solution is to think for yourself.

Well, that disqualifies YOU! You just called yourself a forger!

can you handle it, ape?

Witness. Countersign. Counterfile.
Easy.

 

[Ichabod Stain]

I didn't make the claim, NoName. YOU DID. You cannot blame your problem on me or anybody else.

Having a schizophrenic episode? You are only one person.

And such is usually discovered.

Well, that disqualifies YOU! You just called yourself a forger!

Witness. Countersign. Counterfile.
Easy.

you have implied all alleged history is true. prove it.

 

[ZenMode]

There is. Go read it.

There isn't. Anyone can write anything. Given the other claims made in the OT/NT, it's much more likely that the extraordinary claims are really just fairytales.

 

[Into the Night]

you have implied all alleged history is true. prove it.

Never did, NoName. Nothing to prove. There is no such thing as 'alleged history'.

 

[Ichabod Stain]

Never did, NoName. Nothing to prove. There is no such thing as 'alleged history'.

all history is alleged.

what are you talking about, fool?

 

[Into the Night]

There isn't. Anyone can write anything. Given the other claims made in the OT/NT, it's much more likely that the extraordinary claims are really just fairytales.

The Bible is not a fairytale. There are no fairies in the Bible.

 

[Into the Night]

all history is alleged.

There is no such thing as 'alleged history', NoName. Buzzword fallacy. Go learn what 'history' means.

what are you talking about, fool?

Go back and read it.

 

[Ichabod Stain]

There is no such thing as 'alleged history', NoName. Buzzword fallacy. Go learn what 'history' means.

Go back and read it.

all history is alleged.

this is a fact.

 

[Into the Night]

all history is alleged.

this is a fact.

There is no such thing as 'alleged history', NoName. 'Fact' does not mean 'Universal Truth'.
Buzzword fallacies.

 

[Ichabod Stain]

There is no such thing as 'alleged history', NoName. 'Fact' does not mean 'Universal Truth'.
Buzzword fallacies.

all history is alleged.