(September 22, 2013 at 1:09 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Liar! I watched the video, It says NOTHING about those attributes. He might yet believe that other stuff, but he certainly doesn't say that in the video.
Why would you automatically assume that I am lying? Ehrman accepts that there was a man named Jesus from Nazareth, the brother of James, who was believed to be the Messiah by his followers and who was executed by the Romans because Ehrman accepts the writings of Paul in Galatians as historical (as attested to by him in the video I posted). I apologize for the confusion; I didn’t realize I’d have to connect the dots for you. Ehrman is not your friend on this issue.
Quote: Yes, he has said that and he got his Scholarly butt burnt for saying it too.
By whom? More patent attorneys and bloggers?
Quote: His reputation was well shredded by a rebuttal book. He is not acting "scholarly" at all in clinging to the "real jesus" claim. A REAL scholar understands the positions of his detractors and counters them with evidence. Erman can't or won't do this.
He presents numerous lines of evidence. Actually all of the real scholars on this matter “cling” to the real Jesus claim because his existence is a historical fact just like Abraham Lincoln’s.
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Marco polo does not have religious followers who think he is god. If he did, then the fact that he claimed he saw dragons would be most pertinent. A person whose brain wasn't irretrievable addled by too much sky daddy imaginations would have understood that.
That’s amusing, so it’s not about the claim but it is about who makes the claim and what that person believes about religion? That’s logically fallacious. It is no wonder you hold to such a fringe view. I am sure that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would accept the historicity of the Holocaust if the Nazis were killing anyone other than Jews who believed in Yahweh; sound familiar?
Quote: We know about gladiators by other sources in addition to Roman scholars.
Such as?
Quote: Yes, it is absurd that you think that's what was meant by contemporary source.
Fail.
Contemporary- (adj)- of about the same age or date. (Webster’s)
Quote: All of the bible authors are Pseudepigraphic authors.
According to whom?
Quote: There is no evidence that any of them are the least bit historical.
According to whom?
Quote: That is not unlike saying Starwars [sic] was real because Chewbacca, Luke, and Princess Leia were there and they witnessed it.
No, it’s like saying the American Revolution was real because James Madison, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson witnessed it.
Quote: Give up SW, the whole thing is just a stupid fairytale.
Star Wars?
(September 22, 2013 at 1:16 pm)Minimalist Wrote: A ridiculous comment coming from one of the sheep who unquestioningly accepts every bit of bullshit in an absurd old book. But, you should be used to looking ridiculous by now.
Exactly what a mindless foot soldier would say, "Blah blah Jesus never existed blah blah evolution blah blah rational blah blah myth blah blah storybook blah blah fairy tales blah blah"...Stay in formation like a good boy…atheists march…..march….march…..
(September 22, 2013 at 3:54 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Yes, it is really ridiculous that sane rational people keep "goose stepping" towards reality and rational thinking. It must amaze SW that we don't bell curve towards Mystical magic, psychotic rituals, and psychic communication with beings in imaginary dimensions.
This is great! You’re proving my point beautifully by regurgitating the same tired lines every other atheist does. “Blah blah rational blah invisible blah sky daddy blah blah fairy tale blah ancient book blah blah rational blah evidence blah blah…” Good little boy….march…march….march….