"To expound on my last post : And yet this is taken to be fact unanimously in our history books . Funny how easy this book gets a pass . If we think it 's Homer then for this book , that 's good enough . But not so with the Bible . There can be absolutely no kernel of uncertainty , which in ancient texts , ambiguity is unavoidable . In regards to who wrote these books , the best evidence we have leads to Homer . Therefore , we decide it is almost certainly Homer who is the author . This is undisputed . However , in regards to the Bible , skeptics overturn the use of Occam 's Razor and require more than adequate proof of the Bible 's claims . Even though the Bible is the most heavily documented writing of its day , still skeptics require more in order to believe the Gospels are actually true . Double standard much ?"
"Ah , but then , it might not have been Homer . But then again , whether it was Homer or someone else , is n't earth shattering . Much like whether it was Julius Caesar who crossed the Rubicon , or a decoy of his . Now , if we found an account from Roman times of how Julius Caesar split the waters of the Rubicon by urinating in it so his troops could pass ... Occam 's Razor would not point towards accepting it as true . In reading about John the Baptist ... should one listen to the Bible , or Josephus ?"
"However , in regards to the Bible , skeptics overturn the use of Occam 's Razor and require more than adequate proof of the Bible 's claims . Even though the Bible is the most heavily documented writing of its day , still skeptics require more in order to believe the Gospels are actually true . Double standard much ?"
"Now , if we found an account from Roman times of how Julius Caesar split the waters of the Rubicon by urinating in it so his troops could pass ... Occam 's Razor would not point towards accepting it as true . In reading about John the Baptist ... should one listen to the Bible , or Josephus ?"