Prove Christ exists, judge orders priest

Times Online UK ^ | January 3, 2006 | Richard Owen

[nickcarraway]

Is this the modern version of Miracle on 34th Street? I wonder what William Frawley is telling this judge?

[Bob J]

" This judge is a typical secularist who 'thinks he is thinking' when he spouts this Atheist nonsense."

I'm confused. Which judge is that?

[jackibutterfly]

Prove Jesus Christ existed, or what? I didn't get the "or what" part.

[minus_273]

"Signor Cascioli maintains that early Christian writers confused Jesus with John of Gamala, an anti-Roman Jewish insurgent in 1st-century Palestine. Church authorities were therefore guilty of “substitution of persons”."


Palestine, insurgent? huh?

[AnAmericanMother]

"God is dead."

- Nietzsche

"Nietzsche is dead."

- God

[taxesareforever]

Father Righi just needs to go to court and read the book "A Case for Christ" to the judge. That should take approximately 2 years out of this courts' life as the plaintiff and the judge question different aspects of the reading.

[p23185]

Italy has its own version of the 9th Circuit Circus, I see.

There I fixed it for you.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Wouldn't you love to be the priest that hears this judges "confession"?
I think there is a line in CS Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia" that basically says "Just because you cannot see it, does not mean that it is not there."

[Alex Murphy]

Ping for later digestion

[EveningStar]

I finally found someone else who remembers that. ;)

[Michael Goldsberry]

1st-century Palestine

Very telling!

Prove there was such a thing.

[labette]

Heh, heh. Not bad.

But don't forget, It was God who called for the contest, not Elijah. He was just following orders.

[fish hawk]

I believe that Josephus writings alone proves there was a historical Jesus. As far as I'm concerned, I don't believe that almost all of Jesus disciples died horrible deaths believing in a myth.

[AnAmericanMother]

That graffito was written in the old Fifth Street Tunnel under the Downtown Connector, between the Georgia Tech campus and Midtown, back in the early 70s.

Saw it with my own eyes while going over to get the five for $5 roast beef sandwich special at Arby's.

[AnAmericanMother]

Roger that.

It's Puddleglum confronting the witch in The Silver Chair.

[AnAmericanMother]

Here's an interesting question --

Why does he get to discount the Gospels? Why should he be able to do that?

[Auntie Dem]

Under this atheist's logic no one can prove anything by writing a testimony down today, because tomorrow he will reject it. He is saying because the people who wrote their testimonies of Jesus are dead, we can't really prove they actually knew and saw him. By his rule we can't prove Hitler existed--those photos and written reports by people who are now dead can't be trusted.

[Nabber]

Exactly.

12 men did not go out into the world to convert people to a Lie. Nobody risks their life for an idea that they know is a lie.

That's the real Proof that there was a Resurrection (and that He existed).

[keithtoo]

Well, here is a reference point for you: "AN ITALIAN judge has ordered....."

[RichInOC]

No, really...If I understand this correctly, he's basically saying that at least two and perhaps three respected and influential historians of the era either got conned or made stuff up. Is that right?

I'm sort of reminded of the Washington Mutual commercial about Jen, the integrity-challenged lawyer:

"Is DNA really [finger quotes] 'evidence'?"...[shakes head, mouths "no"]