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Old 11-08-2009
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Re: And you thought witch burning was a thing of the past?

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Originally Posted by Tanngrisnir3 View Post
The only time being wasted here is you claiming that there are these writings, but not being able to reference or cite them.

You'll forgive me if I laugh at your idea of historical and biblical scholarship.
Tacitus (A.D. c.55-A.D. c.117, Roman historian) mentions "Christus" who is Jesus - Annals 15.44
"Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular."

Here is a start.
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