On 29 Nov 2003, "Dr. Jason Gastrich" <news@jcsm.org> screwed up his
face, groaned, pushed hard, and farted out the following message in
news:yYYxb.57848$t01.43279@twister.socal.rr.com:
> Douglas Berry wrote:
>> Lo, many moons past, on Sat, 29 Nov 2003 04:35:09 GMT, a stranger
>> called by some Bible Bob <biblebob@saintly.com> came forth and told
>> this tale in alt.atheism
>>
>>> Jason is right. He has four eye witnesses and in a court of law
>>> their testimony would be considered true. It only takes two.
>>
>> Sorry, but an eye witness must be present in court for
>> cross-examination, or deposed by both prosecution and defense, before
>> their testimony can be entered into the record.
>>
>> Obviously, all we have are their alleged writngs.
>
> Written testimony is admissible in court; especially if the writer is
> dead.
>
> Jason
>
>
Not only must the identity of the author be a demonstratable fact... but
the written testimony must have reasonable indication that it is
genuine, and not invented for the purpose of entertainment or deception.
If it can be shown that there is reasonable doubt about whether the
testimony is genuine (and parts recording a man walking on water and
resurrecting dead people would definitely qualify as evidence of
doubtful accuracy on the part of the testimony), the jury is *required*
(not just allowed) to make a judgement based on the assumption that the
evidence is completely fabricated, in the absence of other, more
convincing evidence, which you don't have.
Your "proofs" would be laughed out of a court of law.
--
Mekkala, Atheist #2148
"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly
realized I was talking to myself!"
--Peter O'Toole.
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