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I'm really surprised it doesn't bother more christians that just making a case for Jesus the "random guy wandering around doing nothing special who later got twisted in a superhero" is so damn hard and in controversy. Let alone godpants cross boy.

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This is weird. It seems to be giving the impression that the burden of proof is on the guy claiming jesus is probably entirely mythical. I think that's backwards. The case is simple: if there is no evidence which does suggest a real historical Jesus beyond reasonable doubt, then it is safe to conclude he is mythical. Asking a mythicist to prove his case is like asking for proof God doesn't exist. What I'm reading here is criticisms of this mythicist's argument, which may well be valid, the guy's argument may not be good; but regardless you need actual evidence to debunk the position. I'm still looking for that! I'll keep reading

In other words, I think the default position is that jesus is as mythical as Harry potter. Why would you start by assuming he is real and working backwards?

Ah...l this is what I'm talking about, they're rattling on about other historical figures and whether we accept them! This is irrelevant! I'm gonna tear some shit up in a minute :p

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Josephus? Fuck off. I mean really, stick it right up your holy hole.

I'm not talking to anyone in particular here :p

I see no value in anything Josephus wrote, it's just speculation about what people believed. So what? The myth had plenty of time to build by then. I'm getting highly suspicious that these HJ guys have got nothing and are trying to move the burden of proof onto mythicists.

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The HJ defence seems to amount to, "Haha, mythicists are dumb!"

I'm trying to find more than that, but I feel like I'm already aware of the evidence available. I'm happy to be proved wrong if someone can show me why.