On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 05:57:22AM +1000, James A. Donald wrote: > On 12/27/2017 2:16 AM, juan wrote: > > > There is contemporary evidence > > > of the existence of Pontius Pilate... There is *no contemporary* > > > evidence for Jesus > > You are a liar and a fool. > > The contemporary evidence for Pontius Pilate is exactly the same as the > contemporary evidence for Jesus. Josephus was > there, and he mentions both of them. > > Further, it is obvious that someone resembling Pontius Pilate had to exist, > because the Roman Empire dominated that > region, > and it is obvious that prophets resembling Jesus the man had to > exist, because the rabbis were in a holiness spiral,
For those (like me) who missed the memo, it means pretty much what it says - “turbocharged virtue signalling feedback loop”: https://greyenlightenment.com/holiness-spirals/ > prophets would > have condemned this, and would have been executed for condemning > it. > > Various prophets are listed as doing this, and dying because of it, Jesus and > a couple of Christians being prominent > on the list.
