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The Myth of Persecution.
Very respected atheist academic says there is more evidence for an historical Jesus than there is for Josephus. 😂😂😂
In 1998 my mother went into hospital for a serious operation. The world cup was on. In a hospital, where people need rest, a TV was blaring the football in each ward at full volume.
I visited my father in a nursing home. The world cup was on. It was blazing hot summer and the TVs were on in every room full blast with the football on, blasting the elderly dribbling half conscious in their chairs, all windows closed.
After a dramatics rehearsal our theatre troupe went for a quiet drink, until football maniacs came in – the noise so powerful it was a hurricane. I had to write on a piece of paper – as vocalising was impossible – to let the other people know I was feeling ill and had to leave.
My TV shows are cancelled again tonight. How is this live and let live?
Do you tell your football friends why you don’t like international football, and explain you are a world socialist? Don’t they laugh and mock?
The God Who Wasn’t There.
Of course, when people say “the Catholic Church” prior to 1054 they should be aware that what they mean is the Orthodox Church – the Athanasian Church, which emerged the victor from the early Christian controversies.
The Roman Catholic Church did not become independent until 1054. The popes participated in the Church councils but they were not in charge of them, although prominent.
I know, but I cannot understand why atheists like Bart Ehrman and others say there is lots of evidence for him, when there is none, and why most classicists are saying the same, and calling the minority who say otherwise a fringe few.
AI Overview +8 “Dr. Bart Ehrman, a prominent New Testament scholar, argues that the historical existence of Jesus is beyond reasonable doubt. Despite being an agnostic and highly critical of the New Testament’s religious claims, he maintains that denying Jesus existed is a fringe theory rejected by virtually all historians of antiquity.Ehrman outlined his comprehensive case in his 2011 book, Did Jesus Exist?. His arguments rest on several key pillars of historical evidence:Independent Early Sources: The Gospels are not the only accounts. Historians can identify multiple independent written sources—such as the Q document and the early writings of the Apostle Paul—that predate the Gospels and corroborate key details.The Testimony of Paul: Paul personally knew Jesus’ closest associates, including his brother James (Galatians 1:19) and the disciple Peter. Ehrman argues it is historically implausible that Paul could have spent time with a man’s actual brother without the man himself having existed.Criterion of Embarrassment: Early Christians would not have invented a messiah who was publicly executed by the Romans. Because crucifixion was a humiliating and cursed death in the ancient world, the narrative of Jesus’s crucifixion strongly points to an authentic historical event.Corroboration by Non-Christian Writers: First-century Roman and Jewish historians, such as Flavius Josephus and Tacitus, independently mention Jesus and his execution under Pontius Pilate within decades of his lifetime.Ehrman has firmly stated that the “mythicist” claim that Jesus was entirely fabricated is not taken seriously by academic scholars. He frequently emphasizes that ancient historians have far more abundant and independent evidence for the existence of Jesus than they do for many prominent political or military figures of the exact same era.You can explore his detailed historical defense directly on The Bart Ehrman Blog, or check out his published Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth book to dive deeper into his methodology.”
