They are such shits. They would not do well in Ehrman's Bible class at all.
Quote:“Before he was born, his mother had a visitor from heaven
who told her that her son would not be a mere mortal but in fact would be divine. His birth
was accompanied by unusual divine signs in the heaven
As an adult he left his home to engage on an itinerant preaching ministry . . .
He gathered a number of followers around him who became convinced that he was no
ordinary human, but that he was the Son of God.
And he did miracles
to confirm them in their beliefs:
he could heal the sick, cast out demons,
and raise the dead.
At the end of his life
he aroused opposition among the ruling authorities of Rome and was put on trial. But they could not kill his soul.
He ascended to heaven and continues to lives there till this day. To prove that he lived on after leaving this earthly orb, he appeared again to at least one of his doubting followers,who became convinced that in fact he remains with us even now. Later, some of his followers wrote books about him, and we can still read about him today . . . ”
Bart Ehrman - speaking of
Apollonius of Tyana!
