Originally posted by carpedm9587
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And THAT is your problem...coupled with a simple reality: there is no way of knowing if these are actually "facts" about the life of Jesus, or simply "facts" about the beliefs of the early church. There are three possibilities with respect to this:
You propose 1 is true without being able to show that 2 or 3 are not equally as likely.
- They are accurate facts about both the beliefs of the early church and the actual life of Jesus of Nazareth
- They are accurate facts about the beliefs of the early church, but not about the actual life of Jesus of Nazareth
- They are not accurate facts about either beliefs of the early church or the actual life of Jesus of Nazareth
You propose 1 is true without being able to show that 2 or 3 are not equally as likely.
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