Did Jesus Exist? (TTA Podcast Thread)

[Justtristo]

"Sophisticated" Christian Apologists will readily admit that the other gods were just myths, as opposed to just demons (which is the view of the New Testament writers). Arguing for the historicity of the Gospels is a key part of their apologetics. Admit to the public that you believe these other "gods" do exist, however they are demons is rightfully seen as sane people as tin foil hat nuttery.

Therefore I have concluded if you can argue convicting that the Gospels and the Jesus portrayed in them are myth like what these apologists claim of other gods such as Mithras and Attis. Then you have delivered a major defeat to their Apologetic strategy. I do believe that these apologists know that the Christ Myth Hypothesis is a major threat and therefore dismiss by saying things like denying the historicity of Jesus is akind to holocaust denial (Michael Licona said exactly that).

I personally believe if there was a historical character behind the Jesus of the Gospels, we know virtually nothing about him. Because everything in the Gospels has been borrowed from the Old Testament, Hellenistic literature and the other Dying and Rising God and Mystery cults.