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The decline of the Roman Empire and the loss of most literature of antiquity is an interesting topic. While the term "Dark Ages" was mostly a battle cry of the culture wars between Protestants and Catholics in the 19. century, it would be better to look at the facts and not center much of ...

The better critiques against mythicism, I think, are found within the mainstream scholarly literature when they are addressing the mythicism in the mainstream of New Testament studies. A good many scholars argue for a mythical or literary construction of the gospels, usually quietly assuming that t...

ABuddhist wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 2:01 pm Why do you accuse me of trolling? I have made legitimate inquiries here, such as viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9678 and viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9599

It's his stick. He does this to everyone.

John T wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:44 pm Is it really too hard for you to actually contribute to the topic at hand and tell us which mythicist denomination you identify with?

You know very well that I'm not a mythicist. That you constantly call me or anyone who disagrees with you a mythicist doesn't magically make it so.

Thanks for the link Ulan. That was a blast from the past. So, what did we learn? That absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Looking back at it now, I wonder who put more time fact checking Ben's translation and interpolation, you or me? Don't bother answering, we already know. Obviously, ...

1. Ulan was not, in the text that you quoted, saying that the gospels were made up stories but non-holy stories. Non-holy stories can be true. Indeed. I have yet to see the day that John T will ever honestly represent what others have been saying. And don't wonder what John T means with "mythi...

As a reminder to everyone, not the least to myself, why engaging with John T isn't worth it, here a summary of a legendary exchange by Ben C. Smith: https://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=91803#p91803 "I am leaving this post here and bookmarking it in my browser as a reminder of your m...

The whole premise of this thread is based on a lack of mental clarity. Let me help you with your lack of mental clarity. You don't have to be a theist to be a theologian. While we are at it, just because you are in denial of Christian history doesn't make you an atheist. Got it? I didn't think so, ...

The whole premise of this thread is based on a lack of mental clarity. The mythicism that is usually discussed on this board is not a religion and has no semblance of one, either, but an argument in the field of history of how a historical question ("Was Jesus a historical person or not?")...

I see from various web sources that you base your dating on stained pages and torn pages. Have any professional textual critics responded to your hypothesis with a refutation? Not really, as there isn't anything to refute. The whole endeavor started with not understanding what an internal color ref...