From: buzzard554@fastmail.co.uk   
      
   On 12/3/2018 8:20 AM, Oh so rich & successful JTEM wrote:   
   >   Martin Edwards wrote:   
   >   
   >> Either way, the existence of Pontius Pilate is now undisputed.   
   >   
   > That's not true. And the dating appears to   
   > rule it out entirely.   
   >   
   >      ...I once saw a "Documentary" on the   
   > Exodus that "Proved" all the elements of   
   > the story could be literally true. Only   
   > problem is that these elements, as they   
   > explained them, would have been occurring   
   > HUNDREDS of years apart! So a "Documentary"   
   > claiming to confirm biblical accuracy was   
   > actually attacking it. We see this very   
   > same situation here, where the dating of   
   > an object entirely eliminate the name from   
   > the context of any Christianity/Jesus even   
   > as it is claimed that it confirms it.   
   >   
   >   
      
   There is, though, an inscription mentioning Pilate from the right   
   period, and a group led by Philo complained about his behaviour.  He was   
   transferred to Gaul.   
      
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