Armageddon: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

[michaelsherlock]

Also, Ehrman, In his recent interview with NPR (April 1, 2012), commented on the mythicist position, saying:

"Mythicists' arguments are fairly plausible... According to them, Jesus was never mentioned in any Roman sources and there is no archeological evidence that Jesus ever existed. Even Christian sources are problematic – the Gospels come long after Jesus' death, written by people who never saw the man.... Most importantly...these mythicists point out that there are Pagan gods who were said to die and rise again and so the idea is that Jesus was made up as a Jewish god who died and rose again.... The mythicists have some right things to say... The Gospels do portray Jesus in ways that are non-historical."

Nice try, now post the rest of the comment, you know, where he said he believes in the historical Jesus.

That goes without saying, read his Jesus Interrupted and he dedicates an entire chapter to it, as I have pointed out in my post on the bastard son. The fact is that even though he "believes" in an historical Jesus, he admits that it is just a belief and that the other side to the argument is credible as well. The matter of a historical Jesus is not resolved. What is resolved however, is the tragic results of the belief in a historical Jesus; see: Inquisition, Crusades, Witch hunts, Goa, Stolen Generation (Aust. Aborigines), Tahiti and other missionary atrocities. etc........

For an alternative look at the historical Jesus issue, I would advise you read, Dr. Richard Carrier, Dr. Robert Price and even Earl Doherty is a good source.