• frankPodmore@slrpnk.net
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    5 months ago

    No. But physical proof is not the standard we use for determining someone’s historical existence.

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      5 months ago

      I’m pretty sure without the fossilised bones we would think dinosaurs weren’t a thing

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        5 months ago

        History is known by:

        • Archæological evidence

        • Oral interviews with eyewitnesses

        • Texts

        • Archæogenetics

        • Historical linguistics

        • Myth (euhemerism)

        • Maybe some others I’m forgetting

        Dino-history isn’t comparable to tthe literate Roman period.

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      5 months ago

      Literary proof is, but also doesn’t exist for Jesus Christ.

      There’s a few mentions of just a “Jesus” but its not like no one else was named Jesus, and those don’t really make any mention of him being remarkable in any way.

      There’s just no evidence