Quote:Father Righi said there was overwhelming testimony to Christ's existence in religious and secular texts. Millions had in any case believed in Christ as both man and Son of God for 2,000 years.
"If Cascioli does not see the sun in the sky at midday, he cannot sue me because I see it and he does not," Father Righi said.
I wonder if Mr. Righi sees Jeebus in the sky at midday.
That is a flagrant example of
argumentum ad populum. As Anatole France pointed out, "Because fifty million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
Also, there is excellent evidence that the passage in Tacitus was a christian interpolation, especially as it mentions Christ and christians in the context of the reign of the Emperor Germanicus, popularly known as Nero. The passage that the Jesus freaks harp on has to do with the fire at Rome, 64 CE. The putative Jesus--who if he ever existed (doubtful) would have been known as the Rabbi Joshuah (or Yeshuah)--was not known as "the Christ" in 64 CE, nor were the adherents of that cult of Judaism known yet as christians. Even were the disputed passage (from
The Annals of Imperial Rome) accurate and not an interpolation, Tacitus simply takes note that such a cult existed--he nowhere states that the putative Jesus existed.
Yes, there are many deceived and deluded. I am so thankful you finally see that!
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