Posted by Steven Douglas on 06/10/06 06:18

Harry K wrote:
> Steven Douglas wrote:
> > Harry K wrote:
> > >
> > > Would you care to try to prove that he existed? No, no, you can't use
> > > the bible to do it and that is the only place he is referred to. All
> > > other references only trace back to the bible.
> >
> > That's the great thing about free will -- we all have the ability to
> > either believe or disbelieve as we choose.
> > >
> > > One would think that with all the uproar he supposedly caused there
> > > would be at least a few refences to him in documents from that time.
> >
> > Jesus "supposedly" caused an uproar? If that's not the case, why do you
> > suppose we're still talking about him today? There is little surviving
> > recorded history of that era in Judea. Pontius Pilate is barely
> > mentioned in recorded history, so do you believe he did not exist?
>
> No, he existed as there are, by your own admission, documents refering
> to him at that time sparse though they may be.

Which particular historical documents do you accept as proof that
Pilate existed?
>
> There are none referring to jesus, christ etc.

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