pharyngula ftw

8/5/2010 1:21:44 PM

Quote :

"I am not convinced that even if a person named Jesus existed and was crucified as authorized by Pontius Pilate that he was resurrected, committed miracles, and ascended to a place known as Heaven. Of this there is exactly 0 extra-biblical evidence."

There's the apochryphal books, like the Gospel of Peter.


But, doesn't it kinda stand to reason that having the best/most reliable sources containing evidence of Jesus' resurrection/works/ascention/whatnot would be included in the Bible? That's like having phone numbers in a phone book.

8/5/2010 1:30:30 PM

There are about 101920192 ancient writings from that period in that very setting that are NOT in the bible and there's not so much as one peep about any of these miracles or anything else there.

Unless you want to get into the books that were not included in the canon by the early church since they were too far out there even for them.

8/5/2010 1:44:26 PM