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In reply to the discussion: Atheists Skeptical of Atwill’s Claim of a ‘Fabricated Jesus’ [View all]struggle4progress
(119,472 posts)48. Here's what they're saying over at Planet Atheism:
... Atwills webpage has the tagline Is Christianity The Genesis of Modern Psychological Warfare? Because Jesus didnt exist doesnt have enough punch anymore ... Atwills evidence, then and now, boils down to parallels. His confession is his argument that the parallels add up to an intentional design ... The problems are obvious. Parallels are always subjective, and the argument that they cannot be inadvertent (i.e. someone mistaking a story about one Jesus for another) is even more subjective. The accusation of parallelomania is sure to come up, and .. thats a hard discussion to have. Finally, what do all those parallels add up to? In his review of Caesers Messiah, Robert Price a fan of parallels himself argued that the total was less than the sum of its parts ...
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struggle4progress
Oct 2013
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It's a weak recommendation, but scholars nowadays do more and more consider Wars of the Jews to be
dimbear
Oct 2013
#7
The practices of various ancient historians, as indicated by the writings that survive,
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#9
... I mean this is just golden cow scat. Seriously ... Since this “documentary” first appeared,
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#4
The dynamics are fascinating here. Richard Carrier, whom I regard as somewhat
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#8
Notice that further down that stream folk suspect that those tweets don't actually originate from
dimbear
Oct 2013
#13
It's his account, according to a webpage at his Foundation for Reason and Science
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#15
If that is in fact your view then I would merely counsel that your appropriate response
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#11
That is a matter of opinion. I take some of it as Allegory and some as real. It is all a matter of
hrmjustin
Oct 2013
#12
Modern repigs would stoop to such, and worse, to scare/control/placate/lessen resistance.
xfundy
Oct 2013
#14
Has there ever been a religion that was created by a government that actually caught on?
dimbear
Oct 2013
#18
Emperor worship has been quite common, including pharoanic worship in ancient Egypt
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#19
Quelle horreur! I have provided links to the blog of Richard Carrier (who considers Jesus a myth),
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#32
The "Son of the Godhead" who has warned us about our reptilian overlords? That David Icke?
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#38