http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/it...olutionary
I would ask Aslan what the evidence is for these supposedly "hard, historical 'facts'" but I already know the answer. It all goes back to the gospel of mark and the later accounts which are embellishments of it. Those same accounts which Aslan now cherry-picks to ignore every thing else they say and pick out only what he wants to use.
There are no hard historical facts.... but there are books to sell.
Quote:In the end, there are only two hard historical facts about Jesus of Nazareth upon which we can confidently rely: the first is that Jesus was a Jew who led a popular Jewish movement in Palestine at the beginning of the first century c.e.; the second is that Rome crucified him for doing so.
I would ask Aslan what the evidence is for these supposedly "hard, historical 'facts'" but I already know the answer. It all goes back to the gospel of mark and the later accounts which are embellishments of it. Those same accounts which Aslan now cherry-picks to ignore every thing else they say and pick out only what he wants to use.
There are no hard historical facts.... but there are books to sell.
