Bart Ehrman destroys Christianity in under 12 minutes.

[Minimalist]

[Aractus]

History & National Geographic are regarded as "history porn" by scholarly standards. That doesn't give him any credibility.

[Minimalist]

History & National Geographic are regarded as "history porn" by scholarly standards. That doesn't give him any credibility.

What happened?  Did they refuse to publish your bullshit?  Somehow I doubt it.

[Aractus]

History is not very interesting to ordinary people. They find ways to make disinteresting topics interesting.

[Angrboda]

[CapnAwesome]

Irony? I mean are you really whining about one of the preeminent scholars not being well researched or having enough evidence when you can only be bothered to listen to 4-5 minutes of a video? Lol.

I disagree with you. He's vocal and outspoken, not pre-eminent. In some ways he's a good scholar, but like apologetics, in other ways he's a terrible one.

How would you even know? You only have the attention span to watch a few minutes of a video before deciding you know enough about it to criticize. That doesn't put you in a good position to slam someone who learned multiple ancient languages so he could understand the bible.

[Minimalist]

And, most importantly Capn, when Ehrman had learned enough he realized it was a pile of dung and became an agnostic.  Theists can't accept that simple fact which is the reason for the relentless ( and ill-advised) character assassination.

[Angrboda]

I thought the reason he gave for his agnosticism was the problem of evil?

[CapnAwesome]

I thought the reason he gave for his agnosticism was the problem of evil?

I don't think so, in a few debates I've watched he specifically said it was from investigating the bible thoroughly. Although he certainly could have more then one reason. If more Christians investigated the bible deeply, we'd have more Atheists and Agnostics.

[CapnAwesome]

And, most importantly Capn, when Ehrman had learned enough he realized it was a pile of dung and became an agnostic.  Theists can't accept that simple fact which is the reason for the relentless ( and ill-advised) character assassination.

Also I think Ehrman is a particularly good example because he was a religious person when he started being a biblical scholar and the more he learned, the more he said 'something just isn't right here.' He kept reading and learning because he thought that there had to be some truth or at least consistency to the bible, considering that he was told that his whole life. When it didn't pan out in English, he thought maybe it would make more sense in Hebrew and Aramaic, nope, it's still inconsistent bullshit.