(August 27, 2012 at 7:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Let me put this in context for you, Pad. Ehrman recently wrote a book about the "historicity" of jesus. Discounting everything else he has done to demolish their claims, lots of xtian fuckheads are willing to forgive him for his earlier assaults on their holy books because he has used the word "historical" in connection with "jesus" without bothering to learn what he means by the terms.The above is the fallacy of ad homenum.
As in everything else about theists, all they are concerned with is the outward appearance.
If you listened to the recording you should know Ehrman is very unambiguous and definitely irritated about being quoted as having said that Jesus didn't exist.
I'm well acquainted with Bart Ehrman's positions on matters concerning the reliability of the Bible. Claiming that supporting one of his positions means supporting his other opinions is the fallacy of false generalization.
Christianity is grounded in history, the facts of science, the rules of logic, and verifiable biblical truths.