Re: Gospels are not eye witness accounts

In article <djo37g$1s6$9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
bdbryant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, "Iasion" <quentinj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Matt's dependence on Mark also puts its date somewhere around 80 CE
> > (if not later) which is pushing the envelope for the plausibility of
> > the author being a contemporary of Jesus. It's not impossible, of
> > course, but this is an era when people generally didn't live much
> > past forty or fifty years of age.
>
> 8<
>
> > First of all there is the very late date (c. 100 CE if not later)
> > which puts it at the absolute edge of any plausible lifespan for a
> > contemporary of Jesus.
>
>
> IMO these aren't good arguments; they're mere arguments from
> incredulity, based on something that's not even particularly
> incredible.
>
> Nobody doubts that Sophocles lived to the age of 90, despite the low
> life expectancy of the age.
>
>

The more important the claim, the more proof you need to provide!

For us to believe that Sophocles lived to the age of 90, does not
compare with the claim that Jesus existed. As such the amount of proof
required for the latter claim is much more.

Note: Before you explode I do believe that a historical Jesus did exist.

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