Where did the Jesus myth come from?

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And in the fashion of reductio ad absurdum, all "serious historians" don't believe in the resurrection or Jesus' deity, therefore, you shouldn't either. So why are you still a Christian, Atom?

Professional historians writing for peer reviewed articles are prevented from concluding that Jesus was resurrected because of the assumption of naturalism that is an essential, and I would even say proper, part of their methodology. If the presupposition of naturalism is set aside, the resurrection can be deduced directly from the historical events acknowledge by most critical historians.

That's irrelevant. The point of my argument is that's it's absurd to dismiss a position simply based on numbers.

The fact that Erhman is an agnostic doesn't prove anything either about the creditability of historicism. There could be many reasons that would biases him to wanting Jesus to be real, despite his agnosticism.

Another reason it's absurd to dismiss a position based on numbers is that often times views that are now mainstream among scholars were once "fringe" theories that were dismissed by the majority. Minimalism in bible archeology has a strong support now whereas 20 to 30 years ago, it like mythicism now, was similarly dismissed. (read for instance this new article by Philip Davies http://www.bibleinterp.com/opeds/dav368029.shtml ).