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To: ohioWfan

> Was Julius Caesar also a fantasy then? Plato? Aristotle?

No. There are distinct reasons why they can be reasonably declared to ahve been real, while Christ may be reasonably doubted.
1) They wrote their own stuff.
2) There were numerous independant eywitnesses, including opposing viewpoints. These witnesses existed *at* *the* *same* *time* as the figure in question.
3) Had they not existed, there would have been no particular need to invent them.
4) Their recorded activities were entirely mundane.

> more authentic historic evidence exists for the reality of Jesus than any of the above.

Simply untrue.


142 posted on 02/23/2005 11:46:18 AM PST by orionblamblam
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To: orionblamblam
How do you know that Caesar 'wrote his own stuff?'

What is the date of the closest manuscript of the Gallic Wars, relative to the nearest manuscripts of the Gospels?

You don't have all the facts, orion. And you are very much depending on faith to back up your worldview.

145 posted on 02/23/2005 11:54:23 AM PST by ohioWfan (W.........STILL the President!!)
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