Lucian of Samosate: Greek satirist later half of 2nd century spoke scornfully of Christ and the Christians but never argued that Jesus never existed. “The Christians, you know, worship a man to this day, the distinguished personage who introduced their novel rites, and was crucified on that account...
Of course satire is a form of humor. Satirists would never let facts get in the way of a good joke. Besides, he is no eye witness. He was born after any putative Jesus would be dead. I can hear the satire dripping from his ‘distinguished personage’...
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To: blue-duncan; All
Here is a good place to start in an investigation of historicity of Jesus of Nazareth, right here on Free Republic. Blue Duncan transferred FF Bruce’s entire book text here, starting with Chapter one.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1971569/posts
THE NEW TESTAMENT DOCUMENTS Are they Reliable? (Preface, Chapt. 1)
http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/ffbruce/ntdocrli/ntdocont.htm ^ | 1959 | F. F. Bruce
Posted on Saturday, February 16, 2008 2:24:23 PM by blue-duncan
5 posted on Mon 04 Aug 2008 01:27:59 PM PDT by Kevmo (A person’s a person, no matter how small. ~Horton Hears a Who)
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