Paul's Writings Underpin Western Thought

[SteveII]

I always found this passage in Carrier's  On The Historicity of Jesus to be most amusing and enlightening.



Carrier continues...


None of which seems to stop jesus freaks from yammering on about fucking "paul."

That is absolutely horrible logic.  
No wonder most historians wouldn't  give Carrier the time of day.

I agree. Carrier completely ignores the obvious fact that the churches already believed a basic set of facts about Jesus. The fact that the churches existed are concrete evidence of this. IN addition, Paul's greeting in nearly every one of the letters reiterate this. Paul was not writing a 'Letter to the Editor' to introduce people to Jesus. They obviously had that background knowledge.