Re: Splitting the moon

Ralph Nielsen (nielsen@uidaho.edu)
Sat, 5 Jul 1997 16:44:25 -0700

>KATZ
>Every miracle has to come with "appropriate" testimony. The Persians,
>the Chinese etc were eagerly watching the sky. This would have been
>recorded. Why do we not find any independent records?

RALPH NIELSEN
Exactly. Why didn't the Chinese and the Persians record the three hours of
darkness that alllegedly fell when Jesus was crucified (Matthew 27:45,
etc.)? And why didn't the Romans and the Jews mention it, either? And
surely the Egyptians would have noticed it, too.
>
KATZ
>A virgin birth is not something that can be witnessed widely. Most
>births are only witnessed by the mother, maybe father and some sort
>of doctor and / or nurse. And then there is no way to ascertain
>the issue if there was no father.

RALPH NIELSEN
If Jesus had no earthly father, then what are the genealogies in Matthew
and Luke all about? And why did Paul say that Jesus was "descended from
David according to the flesh" (Romans 1:3)?