28 known today as historical writers existed during this time.
22 within a close enough range to know what was happening within their regions.
Only one may have even mentioned this miracle maker.
Most Christians chastise Mormons because they cannot come up with objects that supposedly exist, kinda the same thing we have seen before.
Saul wrote most of the new testament, but did not live during that time.
Yet writings that were hidden from Roman's that were trying to murder every Jew it could find 68ADish, close to this miracle event, while they do say this man lived in some of the writings, he was only a man. And those writings that support a man, just a man, nothing special written much closer to the age of events were discarded for ones written later which could be deemed as no more than hearsay.
Funny how 330+ years after these events are supposedly accomplished, a group or Roman supported preachers, none really from the east of elsewhere elects what is allowed and what is not.
A previous poster makes a good point.
God is written as a jealous, cruel and wicked man, yet Satan the one that is suppose to be evil and more characteristic of such doesn't appear to be the bad guy.
Now beyond that, even the old testament isn't beyond some thought.
Ancient Asians told many a story that are very similar to what we read in the bible.
Creation of man is similar and the snake ain't the bad guy.
Eve was not the first woman given to Adam. both in Asian writing and what is also found in the scrolls tells us the first woman would not get on her back to Adam, she thought it should be the other way and was punished by God and the beginning of the wicked creatures of night. Now know as Vampires etc.
Funny much of the bible can not be supported by other historical whatevers and also parts can be very well explained.
People whom do not know, or have not experienced much when faced with disasters etc believe god was at hand for it.
Also funny is that much of the bible is just showing us these disasters have taken place, these people were scared and blamed a god for it, when now science can easily explain alot of it.
Points made about how man should act, treat others etc are just good moral ideas and true.
We all are created equal, no body was born to be more, just greed and corruption molds us to be more and the bible brings all these ideals to light, yet satan is just something that gets blamed for it, yet what we do know says he fought God and to these things being wrong to bring fourth.
Ah, all better!!!
I have to highly educated Born Agains bible college grads, one Elder of Witnesses and hoards of Mormons trying to convert me and I give them the same type arguements. Want to convert me, PROVE what you speak of is 100% truth, show me you can 100% adhere to the teachings and produce the Ark's and other artifacts!!