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Theodoric
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Message 101 of 109 (506372)
04-25-2009 4:55 PM
Reply to: Message 100 by jaywill
04-25-2009 3:55 PM


oh please
The darkening of the sun at the time of Christ's crucifixion is an astronomical event confirmed by contemporaries of the time. It is certain that it was not a solar eclipse.
Since when is 200 years after a contemporary? Why are there no other accounts but the church histories? There are no other sources and NONE that are contemporary that attest to this. If you can find a contemporary source, please let me know. We could probably publish it and you could have worldwide acclaim as the new biblical scholar on the block.
Also, cherry picking of sources is very bad form.
Also from Wikipedia
Some writers contend that the account in the synoptic gospels is mythical and does not correspond to any historical event. During the nineteenth century, Kersey Graves argued the biblical account was too incredible and too ludicrous to merit serious notice.[23] His arguments stemmed from Gibbon’s comments on the silence of Seneca and Pliny about the crucifixion darkness. Burton Mack suggests the story was an invention originated by the author of the Gospel of Mark.[24]
The unusually long length of time the eclipse is supposed to have lasted has been used an argument against its historicity, as has the lack of mention of the darkness in secular accounts and the Gospel of John.[25] One view is that the account in the synoptic gospels is a literary creation of the gospel writers, intended to heighten the sense of importance of a theologically significant event by taking a recent remembered event and applying it to the story of Jesus, just as eclipses were associated in accounts of other historical figures:
"It is probable that, without any factual basis, darkness was added in order to wrap the cross in a rich symbol and/or assimilate Jesus to other worthies".
Gee you would think John would mention something so momentous.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts

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