Showing posts with label historical Jesus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical Jesus. Show all posts

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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