RE: Historian explains why Jesus ''mythers'' aren't taken seriously by most Historians
June 26, 2015 at 1:01 pm
(June 26, 2015 at 12:45 pm)Nestor Wrote:(June 26, 2015 at 11:37 am)Pyrrho Wrote: Correct. But he did not think the historical Jesus mattered. At least, that is what he wrote.He didn't think the historical Jesus was relevant to theology. And I would agree. Which is why, Rob, the attempts of mythicists to paint any historical quest as propagandistic, wishful, and religious in nature is desperate, dishonest, and irrational, to say nothing of politeness.
No. Not every Christian takes the approach of Albert Schweitzer. Many want to get theological mileage from an historical Jesus. Whether that is reasonable or not is irrelevant to them making an attempt.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.