No competent New Testament scholar or scientific historian denies the historical existence of Jesus. However, some people like the atheist ideologues and propagandists Richard Carrier and Jesus Seminar "scholar" Robert M. Price have defended or believed the view that Jesus didn't exist (the so-called Jesus Myth Hypothesis).
For example, in this article in infidel.org, Richard Carrier wrote "Jesus might have existed after all. But until a better historicist theory is advanced, I have to conclude it is at least somewhat more probable that Jesus didn't exist than that he did. I say this even despite myself, as I have long been an opponent of ahistoricity."
Carrier is academically trained as an historian; and that an historian like him consider that Jesus' non-existence is more probable than his existence, is actually solid evidence of Carrier's professional incompetence in his own field of academic training. As agnostic historian and New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman comments in the above audio, no serious scholar or historian believes in the non-existence of Jesus; the historical evidence for Jesus's existence is stronger than the evidence for many of the ancient historical people who everybody agree have existed. As consequence of this evidence, this Jesus Myth view is overwhelmingly rejected by New Testament scholars and historians (atheist, agnostic, jewish, liberal, conservative Christians, etc.) alike.
As consequence, implied by Ehrman's own argument, people like Carrier or Price are not and cannot be serious nor competent scholars. They're propagandists for atheism, and their propaganda includes the suppression or intentional distortion of the historical evidence for Jesus' existence in order to support their emotional and ideological hostility towards Christianity.
In the above audio, you can hear The Infidel Guy (who's not a trained historian, but untrained atheist believer) being humilliated and refuted by Bart Ehrman about the existence of Jesus and the falsehood of the Jesus Myth Hypothesis.
You have to understand that many radical, hard-core atheists are irrational, in the sense that their cognitive faculties don't work properly in order to discover the truth or evaluate the evidence. Wishful thinking is one of their main traits. Another one is their overall stupidity. The above audio is a fine example of this.
They are not reliable as sources of information, because their intellectual faculties are seriously distortioned and damaged by atheistic prejudices, dogmas, spiritual/emotional impairments and ideological commitments.
For example, in this article in infidel.org, Richard Carrier wrote "Jesus might have existed after all. But until a better historicist theory is advanced, I have to conclude it is at least somewhat more probable that Jesus didn't exist than that he did. I say this even despite myself, as I have long been an opponent of ahistoricity."
Carrier is academically trained as an historian; and that an historian like him consider that Jesus' non-existence is more probable than his existence, is actually solid evidence of Carrier's professional incompetence in his own field of academic training. As agnostic historian and New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman comments in the above audio, no serious scholar or historian believes in the non-existence of Jesus; the historical evidence for Jesus's existence is stronger than the evidence for many of the ancient historical people who everybody agree have existed. As consequence of this evidence, this Jesus Myth view is overwhelmingly rejected by New Testament scholars and historians (atheist, agnostic, jewish, liberal, conservative Christians, etc.) alike.
As consequence, implied by Ehrman's own argument, people like Carrier or Price are not and cannot be serious nor competent scholars. They're propagandists for atheism, and their propaganda includes the suppression or intentional distortion of the historical evidence for Jesus' existence in order to support their emotional and ideological hostility towards Christianity.
In the above audio, you can hear The Infidel Guy (who's not a trained historian, but untrained atheist believer) being humilliated and refuted by Bart Ehrman about the existence of Jesus and the falsehood of the Jesus Myth Hypothesis.
You have to understand that many radical, hard-core atheists are irrational, in the sense that their cognitive faculties don't work properly in order to discover the truth or evaluate the evidence. Wishful thinking is one of their main traits. Another one is their overall stupidity. The above audio is a fine example of this.
They are not reliable as sources of information, because their intellectual faculties are seriously distortioned and damaged by atheistic prejudices, dogmas, spiritual/emotional impairments and ideological commitments.
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