(August 28, 2012 at 7:16 pm)pocaracas Wrote:I didn't make the claim, the non-christian scholars I cited beginning with Bart Ehrman made the claim for me. I'm relying on them because I obviously can't personally query 2000+ scholars. Some of the sources I cited included a link to the recording, or the book where you can get the authors' claims for yourself saying that their (non-Christians) peers are in consensus agreement that Jesus was a real person. I'm not relying on my own authority or making this assertion without evidence.(August 28, 2012 at 6:49 pm)Atom Wrote: A good start would be to cite credible peer reviewed historical publications describing how acceptable historical practices lead to the conclusion that Jesus was a myth. That would give us something to discuss
Can you do the same for all your claims?
It's just that I've read somewhere that "most scholars agree that jesus never existed".
So your claim that "most scholars believe that jesus was a real person" leaves me thinking that someone is wrong. Since you took the time to write all those points, maybe you have all the "credible peer reviewed historical publications" describing why should we accept those points.
Christianity is grounded in history, the facts of science, the rules of logic, and verifiable biblical truths.