RE: Historian explains why Jesus ''mythers'' aren't taken seriously by most Historians
June 7, 2015 at 10:40 pm
(June 7, 2015 at 5:22 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: All a Gospel is is an alleged account of the life of Jesus. That's what Gospel means.
Pardon my correction, but that is the point. The Gospels are the essence of the Jesus-claim. Citing them as evidence of his existence is akin to setting the murderer free based on his protestations of innocence.
The Gospels are the claim: they assert the existence of the avatar of a deity. Citing them as evidence for said avatar's existence is by definition circular.