I'll give you a better example- Socrates. Despite the stories about Socrates related by Plato, some historians have suggested that Socrates was a fictional character created by Plato. We really have only Plato's word that Socrates existed.
As for Jesus, there is plenty of evidence that he lived, just as there is plenty of evidence that Mohammed lived. We also know that there was a city of a size and shape and historical age very much like the ancient city of Troy that was sacked by the Greeks in the Iliad. Does that mean that the gods were involved? On 12/7/06, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > in the case of Julius Caesar we have far more than anecdotal evidence > pointing to his existence. We have actual contemporar texts. > > nex argument please ;-) > > On 12/7/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > WillBo wrote: > > > Ever read any Gore Vidal's Lincoln? Any other historical fiction? How > > > about Life of Brian? > > > > > > > So prove anyone 2000 years old existed. How about Caesar? You can > > make your arguments about anyone. The question is preponderance of > > the evidence which in this case says that Jesus existed. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221905 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
