Re: Gospels are not eye witness accounts

Iasion wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> Regarding the eye-witnesses to Jesus - I thought readers may be
> interested in this essay by Diogenes the Cynic (not, not the original)
> about the Gospels.

[Various pointless attempts to rubbish the evidence snipped]

Even if all these comments were correct -- and the majority are grossly
unscholarly -- it would not demonstrate that "the gospels are not eye
witness accounts". Rubbishing all the data leaves a vaccuum, not a
theory. We all know the debunkers' fallacy, and this as usual relies on
it.

> Its traditional authorship stems from a single unreliable claim by
> Irenaeus (a guy who couldn't keep his "Johns" straight) around 180 CE.

It is amusing to reflect that Irenaeus knew Polycarp, John's disciple
personally; yet for a modern atheist, even this direct evidence is not
enough.

Atheism and obscurantism seem to go hand in hand.

All the best,

Roger Pearse

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