Challenge to atheists: I find your lack of faith disturbing!

[DeistPaladin]

My point is more that the argument that Jesus didn't exist because of a lack of primary sources is an extremely poor one. Non-historians would be amazed at the historically established people who don't have primary sources.

When I advocated the Jesus Myth, I held Jesus to a higher standard on the grounds of extraordinary claims required extraordinary evidence. A philosopher like Socrates or a conqueror like Alexander are ordinary enough. A miracle working godman who brought back the dead on three occasions and performed public miracles should have gotten a write up at some point.

Ehrman advocates for a moral, non-supernatural Jesus. The problem is that the story of Jesus IS the miracles. Strip all that away and you have an empty shell barely recognizable to the Gospel tale.

I think I posted earlier about the hypothetical TV series called "Clark Kent". It's about a guy discovered as a foundling by a childless rural couple. He grew up in a small town and later moved to a big city to become a reporter. In his capacity as a reporter, he becomes a crime-fighter, exposing city corruption and corporate malfeasance. No super powers. No costume. No alien ancestry.

For the most part, this TV series would have little or no resemblance to the DC comic story. You'd be creating a completely new character and a completely new story.

Can you write the story of Dr. Who without the TARDIS or the time travel? How about the story of Merlin but without the magic? Spiderman but without the mutant powers?

Without the superpowers or divinity, Jesus wouldn't have been Jesus.