Three renowned scientists—Papaia, Banani, Ravioli—and their assistant Igor work at the NASAL observatory.
Papaia remembers that the flight for the conference is in two hours.
The scientists rush to pack their bags. While they quickly gather their personal items, the discussion about the book continues.
Banani: So, in this book you’re reading, the author claims that there’s actual evidence that Jesus rose from the dead?
Ravioli: Yes, remember? We called them the five minimal facts.
Banani: Yes, I remember. They’re five historical facts that most scholars agree on.
Ravioli: Exactly, but we need to specify one detail.
Banani: What?
Ravioli: Most of the information comes from the New Testament and other ancient Christian texts.
Banani: Yes, but that doesn’t count! Whoever wrote those texts is clearly biased.
Ravioli: In any case, they’re ancient historical texts. They’re testimonies from that time. We can’t dismiss them completely just because they’re biased. No historian would do that.
Banani: You mean historians even use the New Testament as a source? I’ve always thought the Bible was just a collection of legends.
Ravioli: Actually, historians treat the New Testament like any other ancient document. They don’t start by assuming it’s true or false; they critically analyze it, just like all historical sources. Sure, the people who wrote those texts were believers, but that’s true for many other historical documents. If we were to discard all sources written by people with a point of view, there’d be nothing left of ancient history!
Igor: If we applied this criterion to Papaia’s ideas and critically analize them, we’d have to ignore all his plans… which, in fact, wouldn’t be such a bad idea.
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