(September 27, 2015 at 1:00 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:(September 26, 2015 at 11:26 am)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: Yes, I watched the Ehrman-vs-InfidelGuy video you linked to. Ehrman speaks of Paul's writings as indicating that Paul's "throwaway" comments about James the brother of Jesus indicates to him that Paul knew the friends and family of Jesus. That may well be the case, but it is nevertheless an inference. Again, and I want to make this plain since you seem to be arguing as though I think Jesus didn't exist: I am convinced by the totality of the circumstantial evidence that Jesus was a real person. [emphasis added] The place where he says it's "hard" evidence seemed not to be a statement of fact, but exasperation at InfidelGuy's aggressive and repeated claim that Jesus never existed, an emotional retort rather than a statement of historical fact, if you will, which is why Ehrman launched into discussions of things like the existence of Julius Caesar and the Holocaust.
As a believer, I'm often appalled by the things which some Christians say and do thereby causing God's name to be blasphemed among non-believers.
As a non-believer, do you ever cringe upon reading the stupid things that Jesus Mythicists say in this forum and elsewhere which bring the credibility of atheism into question?
Yes, Jesus mythicists (not here in this forum necessarily but in general) do tend to say some really silly shit that makes you wonder whether they've really done proper research in fields like this, but I have very similar thoughts about Christian theists in general who say that the resurrection of Jesus is historically well-established. Please, you're no better than they.
