A Challenge to Farrell Till
Farrell Till jftill@midwest.net
Tue, 02 Feb 1999 22:58:22 -0800 (00918046702, 2.2.32.19990203065822.008834f0@midwest.net)
At 04:39 PM 2/2/99 -0800, Michael Fisher wrote:
>> MATTHEW
>> 3. How one is supposed to affirm any event in the Bible without begging the
>> question of the event to be affirmed?
>
>ELF Evidence.
>
> Tacitus in the Annals reports of several battles between Roman's and
>barbarians. Fortunately he provided enough descriptive detail that it was
possible
>to narrow down the areas where the battles could have occurred, and sure enough
>when some areas were excavated, artifacts consistent with a melee between Roman
>legions and barbarian armies were found.
> Thus the reality of the event was confirmed, and Tacitus garnered more
>reliability for the accuracy of what he reports.
> It would be up to you to provide some evidence that the story in the
gospels
>is more than just another myth from antiquity.
>
TILL
Michael, this would be good information to have around when Christians howl
that if we can't believe the NT, then we can't believe anything that has
been accepted as historical truth. Do you have any references of specific
battlefield sites that have been excavated to confirm the descriptions of
Tacitus?
Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net