Bart Ehrman destroys Christianity in under 12 minutes.

[CapnAwesome]

I began studying these matters, not simply accepting what my teachers had said, but looking at them deeply myself. I learned Greek and started studying the New Testament in the original Greek language. I learned Hebrew to read the Old Testament. I learned Latin, Syriac, and Coptic to be able to study the New Testament manuscripts and the non-canonical traditions of Jesus in their original languages. I immersed myself in the world of the first century, reading non-Christian Jewish and pagan texts from the Roman Empire and before, and I tried to master everything written by a Christian from the first three hundred years of the church. I became a historian of antiquity, and for twenty-five years now I have done my research in this area night and day. I’m not a philosopher like Bill; I’m a historian dedicated to finding the historical truth. After years of studying, I finally came to the conclusion that everything I had previously thought about the historical evidence of the resurrection was absolutely wrong.

But Aractus watched a whole 3 or 4 minutes of a 12 minute video. So he probably knows best.

[Angrboda]

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.

"But after many years of being a liberal Christian, I finally became an agnostic for reasons unrelated to my scholarship ... reason having to do with why there's suffering in the world if there's a God who's in control ... For years I thought about it, I read what the biblical authors said, I read about what theologians said, I read about what philosophers said and I got to the point where 'I just didn't believe it anymore'." ~ Bart Ehrman

[Aractus]

[Angrboda]

Still passing judgement on arguments that you haven't read, eh Aractus? I'm not surprised.

[CapnAwesome]

[Aractus]

[Angrboda]

"Once he glanced at the jackets of some paperbacks / Now he's read every one..."

~ Elvis Costello, No Dancing

[Aractus]

[Jehanne]

[Aractus]