Re: Chris, Chris and Chris

Quoting William Annis <annis@...>:

>>From: "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>
>>
>>Actually, papyri radio-carbon-dated to around 55 AD of the letters
>>of Paul have been found in Egypt, only 22 years after Christ's
>>crucifiction.
>
>         55 AD?  Surely RCD isn't that precise.
I might be misremembering whether it was radio-carbon dating
or some other process.  (In retrospect, I probably am.)

In any event, it is widely accepted (by scholars, not just by
adherents of the religion) that the Gospels were written down
within seventy years of the events they claim to describe.
The Book of Reveletion, for example, is usually dated to around
95 A.D.  Understandably, most of this evidence is papyrological.

> And where can I see a
> facsimile?  :)
This was a recollection from a PBS documentary some years back.
(Unlike TLC, PBS is actually believeable most of the time.)

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