Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site whuxl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!houxm!whuxl!orb From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Re: Evidence for Christianity Message-ID: <286@whuxl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 13:45:22 EDT Article-I.D.: whuxl.286 Posted: Thu Oct 11 13:45:22 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 03:34:42 EDT References: <1700039@iuvax.UUCP> <567@bunker.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs Lines: 28 > Do I need to show the textual > reliability of relevant documents (including, but not limited to, > the gospels)? (Strange that other documents don't appear to be > subjected to the same scrutiny that the Bible is (e.g., I have > never heard it disputed that Julius Caesar wrote the works about > Gaul attributed to him, which is not to say it hasn't been disputed, > only that I haven't heard it), but that is another topic). actually as I remember my history, there is wide speculation that Julius Caesar did not write all the accounts from Gaul attributed to him. It was one of the first cases of a ghost writer. Also, nobody ever claimed that Caesar's reports from Gaul represented divine truth--and their historical accuracy has been questioned about certain details. > > Now, if the disciples couldn't get the body, and their enemies > couldn't produce it, and it couldn't walk away on its own accord, > what happened to it? read "Another Roadside Attraction" by Tom Robbins and find out!! > > Gary Samuelson "When the impossible has been eliminated, > bunker!garys whatever remains, however improbable, must be > the truth." -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Final question: will the same claim made for Mohammed be considered valid evidence? Mohammed supposedly ascended into heaven as well. Tim Sevener whuxl!orb