I thought the members of the Taliban were monotheists who believed in the same god that the Christians and Jews and other Muslims believed in. Don't try to sound witty by referencing the current "enemy" of the "free world". If you have a problem with athiests then pray for them. Isn't that what Christians do?
Also, I am sure Thomas Aquinas said a lot of things. Isn't he the one who said "a woman is a temple built upon a sewer"? Or was that "Saint" Augustine? Or Saint Jizzleslobber!?!
Furthermore, can't you think of better evidence than a quote from someone with obvious confirmational bias? That would be like saying "David Koresch is god" based on a quote from one of his followers.
I still don't see the logic behind using the bible to prove that the stories in the bible are true. And don't cite works by dark age monks and "scholars" whose chief reference was the same book that they were and you are trying to validate.
From another realistic standpoint--the physical reserrection of a three day old human corpse does not happen. You can say it was a miracle, but miraculous claims demand miraculous evidence. Where is your miraculous evidence? IF you had presented it already, this thread would not now be at 139 posts!!!
Can't anyone produce Roman records about these "martyrs"? How about any ancient record from any non-biased source? How were the Romans unbiased, you ask? Easy, they didn't care what your beliefs were. They killed you if you didn't follow their rules regardless of your personal faith.
One last thing--other parts of the bible are clearly in error. The epistles of Paul weren't even written by Paul and it says so in the bible! So, who really wrote Acts? The book as a whole cannot be taken seriously as a historic text. The current version of the bible even runs afoul of the gnostic texts that predate the bible. I am sure other discrepencies would be found if the early church fathers had not burned all the classical knowledge they could get their hands on. Why would they do that? To cover up something!?! This alone should cast doubt on the bible and the unsubstantiated stories associated with its dogma--like the resurrection.
I am not saying that people didn't die b/c they professed faith in Christianity, I am just saying that martyrdom does not validate Jesus's "resurrection".