Paul's Writings Underpin Western Thought

[RoadRunner79]

That is absolutely horrible logic.  
No wonder most historians wouldn't  give Carrier the time of day.

I agree. Carrier completely ignores the obvious fact that the churches already believed a basic set of facts about Jesus. The fact that the churches existed are concrete evidence of this. IN addition, Paul's greeting in nearly every one of the letters reiterate this. Paul was not writing a 'Letter to the Editor' to introduce people to Jesus. They obviously had that background knowledge.

It does seem to make assumptions about Pauls writings, and then complains when those assumptions are not met.   Apparently, these "critical thinkers" haven't  considered that perhaps there starting expectations could be wrong.   I might assume, that they have not read the material trying to understand it.