RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
September 1, 2012 at 8:16 pm
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2012 at 8:27 pm by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
(September 1, 2012 at 8:10 pm)Atom Wrote:(September 1, 2012 at 8:03 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: Atom, I think the reason why you haven't got an substantial argument for mythicism in this thread is because you haven't demonstrated that you'd fairly evaluate our arguments. It would be a waste of time. One of the members here could write a lengthy case for mythicism as has been done several times in past threads and you'd just dismiss it with your appeal to authority gimmick.This is a completely fair statement and concern. Can you point me to one of those old threads?
I can't remember where. I just remember reading it several times here.
In the absence of an argument presented here for mythicism, here's some materials you can check out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX4LvKvIWJw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzOrc_kwcU4
Also, since Ehrman's latest book has received so much praise from Christians and atheists who don't know better, Doherty has a very lengthy rebuttal to his book (Doherty is one of the scholars Ehrman criticized): http://vridar.wordpress.com/earl-doherty...sus-exist/
Carrier also has several rebuttals to Ehrman which I posted a few days ago in this thread.
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).