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Atheists & Agnostics

Ron Obvious

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8. How could there possibly more documentation for Jesus than Caesar?

Reply to OriginalGeek (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2013, 05:34 PM

Apr 2013

Caesar wrote about his own campaign in Gaul, in what I understand to be highly-praised Latin.

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Dumb question time: What original bible texts do we really have? [View all] OriginalGeek Apr 2013 OP

Ask him to support his claims with the evidence. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #1

Indeed, they always use Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great in that claim arcane1 Apr 2013 #2

I asked him to show me the money. OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #3

We do have a few of the Sumerian texts Warpy Apr 2013 #4

We don't have Paul's original copy of any letter he wrote, for example. Bolo Boffin Apr 2013 #5

simple answer? None. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2013 #6

Seriously fascinating OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #7

How could there possibly more documentation for Jesus than Caesar? Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #8

this is what I got in reply: OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #9

Josephus Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #10

Time to pull up some quotes.... defacto7 Apr 2013 #25

one ancient scholar and biblical expert was famous for dissing ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2013 #30

Yep. He is parroting apologists nonsense that he has been fed. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #13

ANd he thinks he's thought of something new OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #14

Good luck. I had a close friend that went full-on fundie... cleanhippie Apr 2013 #15

"not only believe, but to try and get others to do so as well" FiveGoodMen Apr 2013 #17

LOL! Pulled that one out of their (Balaam's) asses... onager Apr 2013 #29

Your DU avatar is my youtube avatar. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #26

Optical illusions... Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #27

When I first saw that illusion, I printed out several copies and cut out the labeled squares. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #28

If your brother is into reading, Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #11

I'll give it a try OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #12

The fundies have gone full-bore blasphemer on Ehrman Stuckinthebush Apr 2013 #33

Of course they would attack him. Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #34

I've seen fragments of the Old Testament yellerpup Apr 2013 #16

The translation problem isn't really so serious. The NT was mainly written in Greek, and we dimbear Apr 2013 #18

Translators and scribes skepticscott Apr 2013 #19

A curious Christian should certainly have a hard look at the Gnostic gospels, which weren't in the dimbear Apr 2013 #20

gnostics were too cooperative, too communal, ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2013 #21

On a completely unrelated side note OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #23

There are no contemporary sources for the Jesus of the Bible. sakabatou Apr 2013 #22

As far as I know amuse bouche Apr 2013 #24

The notion that we have "original texts" is laughable Act_of_Reparation Apr 2013 #31

Note that Julius Caesar thought his ideas were worth the trouble of being written down. dimbear Apr 2013 #32