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Warren DeMontague

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10. You mean the widely discredited Josephus account, which is generally believed to have been

Reply to former9thward (Reply #8)

Thu Jun 4, 2015, 05:47 PM

Jun 2015

forged after the fact by 3rd century Christians? That Roman Historian, singular?

Because that is the ONLY "Roman Historian" who provides any corroboration for Jesus's existence as described in the NT.

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He was no more fictitious than you or I. former9thward Jun 2015 #8

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