RE: About other gods-question for theists
July 6, 2014 at 12:07 pm
(This post was last modified: July 6, 2014 at 12:12 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 6, 2014 at 1:35 am)ignoramus Wrote: Does it really make that much more sense coming from a pro like him than one of us saying the bible smells of bullshit?No, not really, it's the work that he's done that can be shown - that grants him any measure of authority on the matter. It's not some personally vested quality. Anybody can call bullshit on just about anything, the part that matters is the "and this is why".
One of the more amusing things about Ehrman, and another user danced around the periphery of it, is that "respected scholars" generally agree with Ehrmans research - they just don't agree with his conclusions. "Respected scholars" being, in this case, fairly loaded with jesus freaks. It's difficult to outright deny his evidence (because there is so little - and he uses the same stuff that everyone else does) while arguing some other point about christ or the authorship and history of the gospels. While no one -has- to spend thirty years to figure out whether or not there's a fairy at the bottom of the garden, isn't it nice to know that someone did it anyway? - And that it didn't have to be you.
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