Posted: Jan 11, 2017 9:27 pm
DavidMcC wrote:
..I am certainly NOT arguing for the one true Jesus, only that there were many anti-Roman sects around in Palestine at the time ...
Figurines of a thousand cult gods have been found in the Roman Empire, thousands of shrines and hundreds of temples but - arguably - none of these relate to the Christian cult prior to the 4th century.
What that shows is what I said - that there were many little politico-religious sects around 2 millenia ago in Palestine.
Furthermore, you have used that premise - "that there were many little politico-religious sects around 2 millennia ago in Palestine" - to assert that one (or more) of those sects in the 1st century was a Christian one.
It would be appropriate for you to provide evidence to back your assertion; particularly, given the title of this thread, archaeological evidence.