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Originally Posted by T@T
If Jesus existed it is kind of strange it took so long for writings to show up about him...
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I have explained precisely why the written sort of evidence you might expect for Jesus is non-existent
here,
here,
here and especially in my response to Carrier in post #176.
In short, it is not at all strange that a peasant Jewish apocalypticist who was executed by the Romans for sedition during the Jewish celebration of passover was overlooked by outside sources. It is not strange that his primarily illiterate band of followers never managed to provide any written record of his existence or teachings.
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Originally Posted by T@T
...others have said the name Jesus was added later for someone else and the roman church took extraordinary steps to destroy some really old Jewish books said to have contained the true name of Jesus Christ and that he had a twin brother. And of course it may have contained the story that he wasn't crucified on a cross but rather stoned to death for theft...
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What "others" have said this? These assertions are little more than tinfoil-hat inspired conspiracy theories. What are your sources, and where is the evidence?