[Buddha-l] it's not about belief

[Stanley J. Ziobro II]

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Erik Hoogcarspel wrote:

> The Times
>      January 03, 2006
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> Prove Christ exists, judge orders priest
> >From Richard Owen in Rome
>
> AN ITALIAN judge has ordered a priest to appear in court this month to
> prove that Jesus Christ existed. AN ITALIAN judge has ordered a priest to
> appear in court this month to prove that Jesus Christ existed.
>
> The case against Father Enrico Righi has been brought in the town of
> Viterbo, north of Rome, by Luigi Cascioli, a retired agronomist who once
> studied for the priesthood but later became a militant atheist.

Viterbo is a town where Thomas Aquinas spent time teaching.  Maybe the
priest will utilize Thomistic arguments in his defense.

> The Roman historians Tacitus and Suetonius mention a 'Christus' or
> 'Chrestus', but were writing 'well after the life of the purported Jesus'
> and were relying on hearsay.

There is also Josephus and his "Testimonium Flavianum".  Here is an
interesting URL:

http://dim.com/~jambo/evolution/josephus.html

Stan Ziobro