(July 16, 2015 at 10:19 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(my bold)(July 16, 2015 at 9:11 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Your own doctorate is in what field, Min?
Your work as a NT scholar is apparently unknown to Ehrman who states:
“Few of these mythicists are actually scholars trained in ancient history, religion, biblical studies or any cognate field, let alone in the ancient languages generally thought to matter for those who want to say something with any degree of authority about a Jewish teacher who (allegedly) lived in first-century Palestine. There are a couple of exceptions: of the hundreds — thousands? — of mythicists, two (to my knowledge) actually have Ph.D. credentials in relevant fields of study. But even taking these into account, there is not a single mythicist who teaches New Testament or Early Christianity or even Classics at any accredited institution of higher learning in the Western world. And it is no wonder why. These views are so extreme and so unconvincing to 99.99 percent of the real experts that anyone holding them is as likely to get a teaching job in an established department of religion as a six-day creationist is likely to land on in a bona fide department of biology.” (Quoted in an article published by the Huffington Post)
Poor widdle, Randy. So insecure. Put a couple of letters after your name and he'll follow you anywhere.
Listen fuckface. I reserve the right to evaluate the evidence. I get that you have no such inclination because you have found a bunch of fools who tell you what you want to hear.
It must be terrible to go through life groveling to the non-existent but I still want to see evidence that is not derived from the fervent imaginations of early xtian asswipes.
Get it now?
(Probably not. Your kind never does.)
Min, why do you have to be so mean sometimes?
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh