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Pontius Pilate
Claim
“The execution carried out under Pilate's authority accomplished the redemption of humanity.”
Assessment
Not directly scorable under historical method
This claim is not the kind of proposition historical or textual method can adjudicate. No numerical evidence confidence is issued.
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Why
No numerical evidence confidence is issued. Historical evidence can establish that a man was executed under a named prefect and that belief in the significance of that execution arose within a few years. It cannot demonstrate supernatural causation, and a system that pretended otherwise would be doing theology while claiming to do history.
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