A little response to "How Did the Apostles Die?"

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THEO2217

>> As for the claim about Emperor Vespasian, I do not know whether he healed

a blind man with a withered hand.  I have never looked at those historical
documents.  However, I must point out that you quoted this portion in
response to my claim that we should more or less accept what documents say
about non-supernatural events  until we can prove the documents to be
inaccurate.  Hence, your statement about Vespasian has nothing to do with
that particular argument I had made. The New Testament writers had no
earthly thing to gain (except martyrdom)  by describing the miracles of
Christ; Vespasian, on the other hand, could gain political power and
prestige.  Also, the New Testament descriptions of events correspond to a
large extent to the same events as mentioned in Josephus' "Antiquities"
(e.g. the famine mentioned in Acts 11:28 is also told of in Antiquities
20:51-3, 101; Herod's death in Acts 12:23, Antiquities 19:343-52.)

ATTORNEY REVEREND FLUFFY

> I don't understand why unremarkable events such as famines and deaths add

credibility to the scriptures if those scriptures agree with non-biblical
sources.  If contemporary meteorologists, the bible, and Antiquities all
agree that Herod was married on a sunny day, what of it?  If you wade
through the Book of Mormon, it's a near certainty that you'll find SOMETHING
that's true.  And whatever you find in the Book of Mormon that's true, it's
almost certain that it will unremarkable -- as unremarkable as famines, and
Herod's death.

Glenn:
X-list member Aaron Rainwater sometime used the following signature line:
"A lie is best hidden sandwiched between two truths"

That is a truism, if I ever saw one.

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