(October 4, 2016 at 12:11 am)Rhythm Wrote:(October 3, 2016 at 11:57 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: And we have how many pages of "discussion" now, and I don't even know the color of the dust jacket on Carrier' supposed book, nor a description of Carrier; they must not exist must not exist!
There are a number of things wrong with this reasoning.... we can discuss them, but I would think there would be better arguments to focus on.
I see no reason to move past this. The narrative in question, which is -about- jesus, is a narrative about a man with no face, and no mannerisms. It's actually quite an anomaly. You know why mythicists think this is, but why do you think this is?
How does what he looked like fit into the intentions of the writing (I'm assuming that this is speaking of Paul's letters to the Romans). Should I assume that if a writing about someone does not mention what their face looked like, that they did not have a face? That does not follow, and is ridiculous. Where else do you employ this principle?
