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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So whoever told Tacitus and Josephus this story was convincing. Neither met him or saw him work “miracles”.

But that’s all you’ve got. A convincing story that people chose to believe. No way to actually know if it is true. 
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You know what? You can go out on your own little limb and sit there all by yourself. If that makes you happy. As pp posted above, the vast majority of scholars with real qualifications disagree with you.[/quote]

You mean, a bunch of biased scholars?

If there were indisputable evidence that he existed there wouldn’t be any question.

There’s not. 
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And there it is. With a wave of a hand you dismiss reknowned scholars with decades each of study of ancient languages and original sources. In favor of, what,  sexual abusers like Carrier who have been called “problematic and unpersuasive,” and your own uninformed feelings.

Pat yourself on the back?[/quote]

I have no idea who Carrier is. Are you the poster who is obsessed with pedophiles and sexual abusers? Gross.

Again, if there were indisputable evidence there would be no question. But there isn’t. The biased “scholars” don’t have it. You don’t have it. It doesn’t exist.

That doesn’t mean he didn’t exist, just that we will never know for sure because we don’t have indisputable evidence. I’m ok with that uncertainty. Doesn’t seem like you are. 
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You need to read at least some of the thread if you’re going to participate constructively here. Somebody posted about Carrier just a page ago. [/quote]

Some random DCUM values his opinion enough to post it here. I don’t.

I don’t need random people with their own agendas to tell me what to believe. I can look at the facts and decide for myself.

The fact is there is no unbiased, contemporaneous report of his life. It seems like some guy named Jesus probably existed but we can’t definitively know based on sources we have today. That’s ok. People believe in him because they like the story. Not because of indisputable evidence. 
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