No, he was being sarcastic. You'd get that if you read the article, where it created an argument for the non-existence of Hannibal using the same arguments the Jesus Myth proponents use, to show that the arguments could technically be used for other historical figures.
Quote:I want to wrap up by showing how easy it is to produce a scenario where we can deny the historicity of a major public figure. When I published this spoof on the Secular Web's discussion board it was taken seriously even though with hindsight it seems ridiculous. The comments in italics are annotations to bring out points of similarity with the various Jesus Myth ideas in currency.
