Originally posted by biblthmp
Sounds like you are speaking of the Bible. "based on original sources told my multiple people and supported by archeology."
No...
The Bible is the single source of all the stories.
The vast majority of the Bible is NOT supported by archeology and history.
Only speculation about stretched assumptions.
Did you know that there is not a SINGLE MAP that dates back to Jesus' purported lifetime with a town called Bethlehem on it?
But there are quite a few maps of the area in the time that DO NOT have Bethlehem on it!
Bethelem was not founded until after his "birth".
Same goes for the New Testament.
The archelogical evidence suggests that the first book was not written until late 2nd - early 3rd century CE.
These were Jesus' conteporaries?
How could a "first hand" account be written 250 years AFETR it occurred??
Also, what about the historical data?
There were several hundred historians active at the time of Jesus' "life".
They documented EVERYTHING.
We have papers that document one person selling a goat to another and exactly how much it cost.
Wedding certificates...
Contracts...
Current events...
It is one of the most widely documented points in distant history.
Why did no one even mention a single miracle that Jesus performed?
There was ONE SINGLE unclear reference to someone that MAY fit Jesus' description recorded by Josephus.
That single entry is very suspect and is widely bel;ieved to be counterfeit (even by many Christians).
You'd think that these events would be quite an historical event.
Where are they (other than in the Bible)?
Some people speculate thar Ramses was the Pharoah depiceted in Exodus.
This is just speculation.
There is no direct evidence supporting it.
Originally posted by biblthmp
Archeology is constantly making new finds to show the veracity of the bibles claims. Usually a few years after some liberal claims that "such and such" could never have happened, archeology uncovers that the event did occur, so show the liberal claimant a fool once again.
For example?