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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum
there's no historical evidence for any of the rest that either (jesus, apostles, etc.)
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But at least the Gospels (written within decades of when Jesus would have lived) and other early Christian writings can be compared to other historic evidence to try and get a somewhat historical picture.
Perhaps it would have been more accurate to say that books like
Holy Blood, Holy Grail and
The Da Vinci Code rely on distortions of the historical evidence, and in some instances are outright contradicted by the historical evidence, with everything being viewed heavily through a conspiracy theory lens.