Friday, May 21, 2021

I've asked Tim O'Neill to dialogue with me about Jesus-mythicism

 On May 21, 2021 I posted the following through Tim O'Neill's contact page:

I'm an atheist and I was advised by an anonymous Christian to reply to you at your blog.  I don't push mythicism, but I believe it boasts of equal if not better support than the historical Jesus theory boasts of.  I'd like to know if you would be willing to have a discussion with me about a) how to determine theory-reasonableness, and b) whether basing a mythic Jesus on apostle Paul's writings can be anything better than "unreasonable".

Barry Jones

 

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