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How many different types of pseudo-atheists are there and what is the definition of a real atheist? It should go without saying that just because you don't believe the stories in the Bible does not make you an atheist. Yet... "... roughly one-in-five self-described atheists (18%) say they do be...

After 8 years and careful review, my opinion of Carrier has not changed because the evidence to the contrary has not changed. In fact, the ongoing evidence has only made my argument stronger. That is; Carrier was not a real atheist and by extension there were no real atheists on this forum. An hone...

Hi Leucius, I took a little break from posting, more involved in textual studies, especially where the Sinaiticus text or corrections have connections to specific manuscripts. This guy who cannot even read Greek wants you to think he was doing some "textual studies." What this unaccomplis...

I nearly forgot -- another source that is upcoming within a few days will be a little podcast by Tim and myself addressing that question of mythicism. Watch that space. As usual, your non-answer, answer, is clearly recognized for what it is, a dodge. Likewise, your shameless plug and self-aggrandiz...

Well then, let's see if I can you can get you to clarify your position. A mythicist is someone that doesn't believe Jesus was a historical figure but rather a myth. Specifically, a religious leader named Jesus as depicted in the New Testament never existed. By extension, since Jesus did not exist, ...

(But do give the sources for your quotations and claims. Like the source of the quote, and which Craig you are quoting, and the source for your assertion that I am "a mythicist", whatever that's supposed to mean......) Well then, let's see if I can you can get you to clarify your position...

However, Craig uses the standard 6 point test that historians use in determining what is the best explanation for given historical facts. Hoo boy oh boy. You just listed points that can be used to assess the relative values of hypotheses to explain "given historical facts". It is those &q...

Without pretending to have made a complete study of ancient historiography and Its methods, I can say that It appears that one of the major observable facts regarding the criteria of authenticity and their use in historical Jesus research is that they are essentially confined to use within this dls...

I did not "flag" this thread. I did not ask for it to be pulled down. I did not ask for it to be put back up under my name. I can only assume the 'why' and it was not due to the profanity directed at me nor the ad hominem attacks, not even the lies. I suspect it was because I touched a ra...

Why? I think that the mention of Pilate is derived from the memory of Dositheus, i.e. probably the Samaritan false prophet killed by Pilate. For two/three reasons: The story of Dositheus dying in a cave is a polemical parody of the legend of Dositheus being risen after the crucifixion and the buria...