(August 13, 2015 at 11:41 am)robvalue Wrote: He forgets their existence is part of the claim.
The claim. The claim can't prove the claim.
We've told him this stuff a million times, he's clearly not interested in honest debate. I have no idea what he's trying to achieve at all, actually. Most of us said we'd be maltheists if he somehow convinced us Yahweh was real.
I mean, ooooh, he's really scary, if you have to work this hard to even prove his stupid son did some stuff in the distant past.
Where did you earn your PhD, rob?
As Ehrman points out,
"Serious historians of the early Christian movement—all of them—have spent many years preparing to be experts in their field. Just to read the ancient sources requires expertise in a range of ancient languages: Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and often Aramaic, Syriac, and Coptic, not to mention the modern languages of scholarship (for example, German and French). And that is just for starters. Expertise requires years of patiently examining ancient texts and a thorough grounding in the history and culture of Greek and Roman antiquity, the religions of the ancient Mediterranean world, both pagan and Jewish, knowledge of the history of the Christian church and the development of its social life and theology, and, well, lots of other things. It is striking that virtually everyone who has spent all the years needed to attain these qualifications is convinced that Jesus of Nazareth was a real historical figure. Again, this is not a piece of evidence, but if nothing else, it should give one pause."
Perhaps you should take that pause right about now.
