alt.education

On Sep 23, 8:27 am, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> Martin Phipps wrote:
> >> >"No serious scholar has ventured to postulate the non
> >> >historicity of Jesus". Presumably there have been plenty of non-
> >> >serious scholars who have come forward to state the truth but they
> >> >have been shot down "again and again" by people who think they know
> >> >better. What rubbish! Unlike, theologians, scientists deal with real
> >> >evidence and there is absolutely no real evidence that Jesus existed,
> >> >fictional gospels and forged histories not withstanding.
>
> >> Of course like the creationists, you dismiss the methods that scholars
> >> in the field use to derive evidence when direct evidence cannot be
> >> observed.
>
> >Again, the evidence points to a non-existant mythological Jesus. All
> >these books about a "historical Jesus" are very telling: we'd take it
> >for granted that a man named Jesus actually existed if that weren't
> >thrown into doubt by the lack of evidence that such a man ever
> >existed.
>
> Such books aren't about proving that there was a "historical Jesus"

Actually, they are. Try reading one.

Martin