Wesley Huff

So we don't actually get like a concrete denial of his resurrection in that way until you get things like the Gospel of Barnabas in the Middle Ages, which is actually the document that Billy brought up to me in the conversation we had as the evidence that Jesus was never crucified, the Gospel of Barnabas. Well, the Gospel of Barnabas is 15th century. It paraphrases Dante's Inferno.

It's not an ancient document. But in the ancient world, nobody really had that big of a problem with these kind of supernatural claims. The more of the kind of skepticism was why you would worship a crucified individual to begin with.

It's not an ancient document. But in the ancient world, nobody really had that big of a problem with these kind of supernatural claims. The more of the kind of skepticism was why you would worship a crucified individual to begin with.

It's not an ancient document. But in the ancient world, nobody really had that big of a problem with these kind of supernatural claims. The more of the kind of skepticism was why you would worship a crucified individual to begin with.

Or that you would worship a crucified, like, teacher was just seen as silly.

Or that you would worship a crucified, like, teacher was just seen as silly.

Or that you would worship a crucified, like, teacher was just seen as silly.

Yeah. Yeah. And that, like, a god would let himself go through this. Right. Like, what are you talking about? Right. The ancient world didn't really have a problem with supernatural events. There is an ancient writer who mocks Christianity, and he particularly mocks Christianity in saying that, of course, Jesus did miracles because Jesus had a childhood in Egypt.

Yeah. Yeah. And that, like, a god would let himself go through this. Right. Like, what are you talking about? Right. The ancient world didn't really have a problem with supernatural events. There is an ancient writer who mocks Christianity, and he particularly mocks Christianity in saying that, of course, Jesus did miracles because Jesus had a childhood in Egypt.

Yeah. Yeah. And that, like, a god would let himself go through this. Right. Like, what are you talking about? Right. The ancient world didn't really have a problem with supernatural events. There is an ancient writer who mocks Christianity, and he particularly mocks Christianity in saying that, of course, Jesus did miracles because Jesus had a childhood in Egypt.

And he goes, all those Egyptians are magicians anyways. So he just learned the magic when he was a child. So he actually confirms, incidentally, two things, that the narrative in the Gospels where it says that the Holy Family fled to Egypt during the reign of Herod, he corroborates that he actually thinks that happened and that Jesus did miracles.

And he goes, all those Egyptians are magicians anyways. So he just learned the magic when he was a child. So he actually confirms, incidentally, two things, that the narrative in the Gospels where it says that the Holy Family fled to Egypt during the reign of Herod, he corroborates that he actually thinks that happened and that Jesus did miracles.

And he goes, all those Egyptians are magicians anyways. So he just learned the magic when he was a child. So he actually confirms, incidentally, two things, that the narrative in the Gospels where it says that the Holy Family fled to Egypt during the reign of Herod, he corroborates that he actually thinks that happened and that Jesus did miracles.

He just attributes the miracles to Jesus being a traveling magician anyways. And, you know, anybody who lived in Egypt knows some magic.

He just attributes the miracles to Jesus being a traveling magician anyways. And, you know, anybody who lived in Egypt knows some magic.

He just attributes the miracles to Jesus being a traveling magician anyways. And, you know, anybody who lived in Egypt knows some magic.

Yeah. Yeah, but everybody believed in supernatural events. Like, there's no such thing as... Like a secular work in the ancient world. Even Plutarch, who's one of the most famous biographers in the ancient world, he wrote 90 biographies, of which 60 still survive today. He was a priest of Apollo. So he's already assuming that the gods exist, that crazy things are going to happen in the world.

Yeah. Yeah, but everybody believed in supernatural events. Like, there's no such thing as... Like a secular work in the ancient world. Even Plutarch, who's one of the most famous biographers in the ancient world, he wrote 90 biographies, of which 60 still survive today. He was a priest of Apollo. So he's already assuming that the gods exist, that crazy things are going to happen in the world.

Yeah. Yeah, but everybody believed in supernatural events. Like, there's no such thing as... Like a secular work in the ancient world. Even Plutarch, who's one of the most famous biographers in the ancient world, he wrote 90 biographies, of which 60 still survive today. He was a priest of Apollo. So he's already assuming that the gods exist, that crazy things are going to happen in the world.

And so... They didn't have a problem with people doing miracles or crazy things happening.