frightful_hobgoblin , 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago)

I get it man

You don't

you have “faith”

I don't.

that’s not evidence

The evidence we're talking about is the textual references in Pliny etc.

Say we have a textual reference like this: "In the year of the consulship of Caius Vipstanus and Caius Fonteius, Nero deferred no more a long meditated crime. Length of power had matured his daring, and his passion for Poppaea daily grew more ardent.".... would you say that a person called Caius Vipstanus existed from that evidence?

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I think we are in agreement on the major points:

1. "There’s a Jesus that got crucified, but no mention about him being able to perform miracles"

2. We know this from somewhat later annals. The texts are closer in the timeline to the historical figure than in the case of Diarmait mac Cerbaill, and are more numerous.

3. We share a general contempt for Christians and Christianity.