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Originally posted by IROC
The people listed above did not live during Jesus's time. How can their writings be authenticated? How do we know they are valid? None of these people were eyewitnesses to the events they wrote about - the information had to be passed (orally) from other people. How much weight do we place on what they wrote in that instance?
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If that is the standard, every history textbook used today would have to be thrown out. Did George Washington really exist? Have you talked to anybody recently that personally listened to Lincoln giving the Gettysburg Address?
The Gnostic way of thinking also gave them a way out of any bad behavior. Rape somebody? "Hey- That was just the evil body. My soul cannot be held accountable for what the physical body did". Wierd thinking.