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the historocity of Jesus I can appreciate that it's a typo, but I just love the sound of "historocity". I think it might have a use to describe a specific situation we have to deal with. I see it as a portmanteau word made up from historical and atrocity and meaning those historical notions that ci...

How do you get knowledge of the world and how do you test that knowledge? Through prayer, meditation, listening, reading, analyzing. I don't see how any of these responds to my question. Analysis is something one does in one's head. Reading and listening are merely means of getting information, not...

Eric,

How do you get knowledge of the world and how do you test that knowledge?

dewitness wrote:...hopelessly flawed...

Oh-oh, aa.

I think the basic logic of the o.p. is wrongheaded. It runs together two separate issues as though dealing with one will necessitate the other. However, when talking about the historicity of Jesus, the necessity is to establish a case for that historicity, just as arguing for a mythical Jesus requir...