John the Baptist

[John V]

I read that as just another continuity gaffe that one would expect when a work of fiction of expanded upon by different authors.

Of course you did, but that's not at all a necessary conclusion from the texts.

Incorrect. JtB never baptizes Jesus in John's version of the Gospel.

That's a non sequitur. Reversing the two doesn't necessitate JtB baptizing Jesus in gJohn.

Red Herring fallacy. I said "discipleship".

Regardless, have the problem that you haven't shown Jesus calling Peter and Andrew in gJohn.

As usual, Christian apologists overwork the Argument from Silence fallacy to cover for their own Argument from Ignorance and Bare Assertion fallacies.

Argument from Silence is only a fallacy in cases where it is plausible there might be no reports or evidence to be found. Otherwise, Argument from Ignorance would not be a fallacy.

As usual, critics try to cover their argument from silence fallacy with a special pleading fallacy.

This is why it's reasonably to doubt that Jesus fed thousands with magically generated food, healed countless sick people, brought back the dead on two occasions and performed other public miracles in front of witnesses simply on the grounds that there's no historical record of any of these events outside Christian mythology.

Tautology. You could lump any record of the events into "Christian mythology."