the same thing. He made an assertion, he did not present a hypothesis. If you return to what I wrote earlier, he is an example of the scientific community, who by virtue of scientific privilege, is allowed to scoff at unsupported hypotheses.

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>And I'm not talking about observations, because *I* have a
>Book of observations that say Jesus did exist...we're talking
>about cold hard facts that irrefutably show that Jesus didn't
>roam the earth.

It wouldn't surprise me if there was in fact a historical character called Jesus as described within the Bible. However, terms such as 'cold hard facts that irrefutably show' are worthless. Try using them in court!! In any case I read this forum as a criticism of the interpretation of Jesus as human manifestation of a higher power.