Where did the Jesus myth come from?

[Atom]

Exactly! This is why Ehrman's claim that all serious historians believe Jesus was a real person has exceptional credibility. He and the other skeptical historians I quoted would be predisposed to the anti-Christian viewpoint.

And in the fashion of reductio ad absurdum, all "serious historians" don't believe in the resurrection or Jesus' deity, therefore, you shouldn't either. So why are you still a Christian, Atom?

Professional historians writing for peer reviewed articles are prevented from concluding that Jesus was resurrected because of the assumption of naturalism that is an essential, and I would even say proper, part of their methodology. If the presupposition of naturalism is set aside, the resurrection can be deduced directly from the historical events acknowledge by most critical historians.