Originally Posted by savedforgod

Fact: there is nothing in antiquity that is more well documented than Christianity and earliest still preserved paprysus so close to the events that took place. The Bible exceeds all other comparisons.

Originally Posted by savedforgod

Of the ancient Jewish writings, Flavius Josephus is most notable. Josephus was a historian who lived A.D. 37-97. He referred to Jesus Christ twice in his writings. In the first instance, he wrote:

"At this time there was a wise man who was called Jesus. And his conduct was good and (he) was known to be virtuous. And many people from among the Jews and other nations became his disciples. Pilate condemned him to be crucified and to die. And those who had become his disciples did not abandon his discipleship. They reported that he had appeared to them three days after his crucifixion and that he was alive; accordingly, he was perhaps the messiah concerning whom the prophets have recounted wonders." [quoted in The Verdict of History: Conclusive Evidence for the Life of Jesus by Gary Habermas (Nashville: Nelson, 1988), pp 91-92)]

In the second reference, a few pages later, Josephus wrote:
"Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he assembled the sanhedrin of Judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others, or, some of his companions." [Josephus' History of the Jews 20:9c]

These citations are noteworthy because Josephus was neither a Christian nor a friend of Christianity. In fact, he wrote his history of the Jews for Romans whom he knew to be hateful toward Christianity.

Originally Posted by FatherMithras

It says there's a firmament in the sky, that bats are birds, insects have four feet, and that rabbits chew cud. Plants came before the sun, Humans were created and didn't evolve, Noah fits every animal in the world (2 of some, 7 of others) on a 450 foot arc, a WORLDWIDE flood occurs even though there's not enough water to do that, The tower of babel story says heaven is in the sky and tells we got language from its destruction, the israelites go through the philistines lands HUNDREDS OF YEARS before they existed.

^^^Is where The BIBLE says pi=3.