To: Greg or e who wrote (49663 ) 3/15/2014 5:45:44 AM From: Solon Read Replies (2) | Respond to "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" No, as usual, you are wrong. You are imposing unrealistic demands on archaeology." (gregoree) You're not thinking. I wasn't imposing any demands on archeology. It is not always an ought that ( say) the remains of an imaginary city turns up. But I was speaking of situations such as when a story claims that the entire world turned up to witness incredible events that would have realistically been recorded by thousands and thousands of people and would have had effects that were recorded throughout the world...and we find that historians did not know about it even though they lived in the vicinity and would certainly have been witness to it . Leaving aside the entire mythology of "Jesus" which was written about by people decades later to invent a religious system--we can look (for instance) at this silliness!2 "When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven (nice touch!) and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire (think about that!) that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[ a ] as the Spirit enabled them. 5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven b ] 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!" 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?" AND THEY ALL RETURNED TO THEIR OWN LANDS AND SAID NOTHING!! YOU on a pedestal??
