(December 3, 2018 at 1:16 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(December 3, 2018 at 1:05 pm)Cherub786 Wrote: You don't have to care. The debate is about the historical existence of a figure we know as Jesus of Nazareth. Since the mythicists have denied this on a very weak foundation, I am citing actual qualified and accredited historians and scholars in the field who have debated and refuted those mythicists like Robert Price.
I care because the historical Jesus is being used as a stalking horse for claims about the miracle man by the same people who are supporting the existence of an actual historical Jesus, and who have a vested interest in promoting the historical Jesus for that very reason. That conflict of interest pretty thoroughly undermines the credibility of those "scholars." What were you saying about a weak case?
Wrong, its actually the mythicists like Robert Price that have an agenda and a vested interest in proving that no such person as Jesus existed in history. Price is a member of the Council for Secular Humanism and its Center for Inquiry Institute.
But as Ehrman pointed out in his famous debate with Price 2 years ago, the debate has to be plainly about the historicity of Jesus and put aside all vested interests and political agendas, just look at the evidence - meaning the standard of evidence that is used in and acceptable for historical studies and scholarship.