Raising questions isn't the same as raising evidence.
Question: Is there hard evidence that Jesus existed?
Answer from historians: Yes.
Mythists response: Nu-uh.
There's simply nothing that can be done to raise that credibility. Because if they actually bothered to consider the evidence put forward by contemporary historians in the field then they wouldn't be Mythists in the first place.
Holocaust survivors don't count as reliable evidence to deniers because eyewitness testimony can be wrong (and then a Holocaust denier would give you examples of clear inaccuracies in eyewitness accounts). It's the same argument that these guys are making - because this little section here must be wrong the whole thing is unreliable, and so are the rest of the documents. It's exactly the same argument, it's no different at all.
Question: Is there hard evidence that Jesus existed?
Answer from historians: Yes.
Mythists response: Nu-uh.
There's simply nothing that can be done to raise that credibility. Because if they actually bothered to consider the evidence put forward by contemporary historians in the field then they wouldn't be Mythists in the first place.
Holocaust survivors don't count as reliable evidence to deniers because eyewitness testimony can be wrong (and then a Holocaust denier would give you examples of clear inaccuracies in eyewitness accounts). It's the same argument that these guys are making - because this little section here must be wrong the whole thing is unreliable, and so are the rest of the documents. It's exactly the same argument, it's no different at all.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
