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<blockquote data-quote="Ana the Ist" data-source="post: 60368162" data-attributes="member: 302807"><p>"They are supported by a large body of additional information from letters written by Christ's followers and by outside historians"--Can you tell me what some of this information is that you are referring to? I've looked before and never found any evidence like you're mentioning here that isn't in the bible. </p><p></p><p>You're right in saying that we use such documents to believe some ancient figures existed. However we don't look at the documents blindly and just accept everything in them as truth. We have methods for evaluating such evidence called reason and logic. For example, we have many written documents that speak of a rather amazing man named Hercules. Like Jesus, he was also born of a god to a mortal mother and did many amazing things. Even though the stories of him include many people meeting him and witnessing his abilities, probably no one today believes he ever existed. Why is that? Simple, reason and logic tell you that no one could have ever been as strong as he was. It's not a story that fits with reality. </p><p></p><p>You're correct, I do not currently have the resources to test for the scientific evidence you pointed out. However, that evidence can be used to create hypotheses which can be verified by other experiments. It makes sense using the guidelines of reason and logic to believe these things. If you ever really doubted them, or believed in different explanations for those hypotheses, you could still dedicate your time and energy into testing those hypotheses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ana the Ist, post: 60368162, member: 302807"] "They are supported by a large body of additional information from letters written by Christ's followers and by outside historians"--Can you tell me what some of this information is that you are referring to? I've looked before and never found any evidence like you're mentioning here that isn't in the bible. You're right in saying that we use such documents to believe some ancient figures existed. However we don't look at the documents blindly and just accept everything in them as truth. We have methods for evaluating such evidence called reason and logic. For example, we have many written documents that speak of a rather amazing man named Hercules. Like Jesus, he was also born of a god to a mortal mother and did many amazing things. Even though the stories of him include many people meeting him and witnessing his abilities, probably no one today believes he ever existed. Why is that? Simple, reason and logic tell you that no one could have ever been as strong as he was. It's not a story that fits with reality. You're correct, I do not currently have the resources to test for the scientific evidence you pointed out. However, that evidence can be used to create hypotheses which can be verified by other experiments. It makes sense using the guidelines of reason and logic to believe these things. If you ever really doubted them, or believed in different explanations for those hypotheses, you could still dedicate your time and energy into testing those hypotheses. [/QUOTE]
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