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Historian explains why Jesus ''mythers'' aren't taken seriously by most Historians
RE: Historian explains why Jesus ''mythers'' aren't taken seriously by most Historians
(June 9, 2015 at 11:28 pm)Brakeman Wrote:
(June 9, 2015 at 10:45 pm)Nestor Wrote: I expect historicists will appeal to the same arguments in the future as well---so long as  the pseudoskeptics proclaiming opposition appeal to the same lousy illogic, obfuscate issues such as theism/atheism with questions of historical fact, repeat their pathetic analogies, ignore the data, and reassert their grandiose alternative explanations without any sound or valid reason whatsoever.

I haven't seen any of these examples of illogic, issue obfuscation, or data ignorings, what I've seen is theistic bluster and repeated appeals to authority without regards to the bias of the claimed authorities as a group..

The ease of research of today will destroy your precious "consensus" of dishonest christians masquerading as "historians." The percentage of superstitious nonsense believers is dropping but is still the majority. When the enlightenment continues and the social pear pressure of the christians is broken, then the freedom to read the evidence will decide what we do and do not have sufficient reason to claim as historical.
Do you know what theism means? It doesn't appear you do. Anyway, it's irrelevant to any of the arguments made in the OP or elsewhere in this thread. And if by "ease of research," you mean looking up and regurgitating what some amateur mythicist (like D.M. Murdock) writes on the internet, you might want to look into the volumes of textbooks that have been written by, you know, both secular and religious academics---unless you think the latter are unqualified to make an argument, in which case you might want to look up the definition of ad hominem after you've finished grasping what theism means.

As for your claim that there is a conspiracy barring mythicists from intelligentsia (strange, I swear I've heard other people make that appeal to pity before too), you do realize mythicism is not new, right? It was once held by some respectable scholars... in the 19th century. Yeah, you're a little slow to this game in more ways than one.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
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balls - by Mudhammam - June 9, 2015 at 9:00 am
Fuck the subject heading - by Mudhammam - June 9, 2015 at 8:45 am
RE: Historian explains why Jesus ''mythers'' aren't taken seriously by most Historians - by Mudhammam - June 10, 2015 at 12:04 am

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