Mary's 10 Year Pregnancy!

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Mythicism, …. goes back to the mid 18th

You’re absolutely right! The Jesus Myth hypothesis does not appear until over 1700 years after Christ’s life. No contemporary or even early historical source questions the existence of Jesus, secular or religious. The Jesus Myth hypothesis then falls out of favor in the late 19th Century and dies in the early 20th Century with the discovery of early manuscripts of John’s gospel (which was erroneously believed to be a late 2nd Century document prior to that). It does not appear again until the late 20th and early 21st Century being popularized by the internet where there is no standardization or verification of facts or references. The hypothesis requires this in order to survive because when its primary sources are examined it dies a swift death. Like all such fringe ideas, it will die soon. Fortunately even secular scholars like Ehrman realize just how much allowing such an absurd idea to linger actually detracts from their other positions and are therefore doing their best to kill the lunacy.