Atheists being asked about the existence of Jesus

[The Grand Nudger]

Christ, you're worse off than I thought.  

"Paul" isn't any more a real person than jesus was, lol.  You referred to a character in a work of fiction as a firsthand account of another character in the same work of fiction....

Hercules and zues said a bunch of things too, also "well attested."

This is so far off from fact and irrelevant to the rise of christianity that I refuse to go down the rabbit hole.  Let's take them in order from the top.  We'll get here eventually, maybe.


You have no firsthand accounts.  You are trying to certify mythology by referring to folklore.

And you wonder why Ahistoricist get categorized with flat earthers and holocaust, unsurprisingly there’s even a zeitgeist film promoting this idea.

Is that as much as you know about critical scholarship?  That nutballs have opinions and people make movies?  Do you want to have this conversation or just sling shit back and forth?  

Apparently non-existing people can write letters, and we can’t trust anything from Josephus.

I take it by this newest series of batshit diversions you have no explanation for your attempt to certify mythology by referring to folklore, but perhaps you simply don't understand why this is a loons idea of historicity?

Are you under the impression that the legendary character of paul is a novel position held exclusively by a-historicists and filmmakers?  It's not.  It's the standard position of new testament scholarship..there is no dispute in this from any corner. You can stow the "my mythology or no history" routine..I'll tell you that from the outset. It's trash, entirely non-academic..and I won't humor you. So consider that you're wasting your breath the next time you blurt out some silly shit like the above?