Re: George Washington

Keith Plummer (keithp@starnetinc.com)
Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:14:53 -0500

Russell Stewart wrote:
>
> At 03:37 PM 6/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Russell Stewart wrote:
> >
> >> > As I said, there are in
> >> > 20th century man's possession, original documentation of
> >> > these events. However, history has no documentation of
> >> > anyone in the first century denying these events. Yes, they
> >> > deny Jesus was the Son of God, but they fail to deny He was
> >> > resurrected.
> >>
> >> And therefore, since we have no record of such denials, we should logically
> >> conclude that they never existed?
> >
> >I think a better question is, In the absence of such historical evidence
> >what reason do we have to believe that they did exist? I think I detect
> >some inconsistency here. On one hand, Russell, you demand that anyone
> >who asserts that something exists, present evidence in support of his
> >assertion.
>
> Actually, I'm not claiming that such denials existed. Maybe they didn't.
> But that still doesn't prove anything except that people were a lot more
> gullible back then.
>
Are you suggesting that people in the first century were unaware of the
fact that dead people are not routinely resurrected?