Speaking with The Huffington Post, United Methodist pastor and biblical scholar Ben Witherington III (who is usually very critical of Ehrman’s works) praised the book and thanked Ehrman for writing it.
Yet another Christian circle jerk.
Wow 3 Christians agree that their faith is true. How the fuck did you imagine such trash could convinced anyone who isn’t already convinced without evidence?
Take a tidbit like this moronic kind of logic:
Many specific points by Ehrman concentrate on what may be regarded as the ‘embarrassments’ and ‘failures’ of the various depictions of Jesus Christ found in the gospels and the works of Paul which point to an account based on a real person,
It does nothing of the sort, that’s like saying telling a lie with holes in it, is an indication it’s true.
Or that people would probably line up their lies better if they lied.
Well surprise they don’t, and that’s actually a way police often detect criminals.
Trash like this is decidedly insulting to people with intelligence. But of course, that’s not the people they make their money on.
Do you care that Israel is destroying lives in Gaza?
Well I do, and similarly I care that false religions are destroying lives and families with superstition all over the world.
And the only kind of religion there is, is false religion, because if it were true it would not be religion.
You’d be kicked out of highschool debate at this point, but okay.
Did you actually read what I said? Jesus being a real historic person and not being a son of the God or whatever Christians believe him to be is not mutually exclusive.
This is not the way to be critical about Christianity(or anything, really). If anything, you’re making it worse.
Yet another Christian circle jerk.
Wow 3 Christians agree that their faith is true. How the fuck did you imagine such trash could convinced anyone who isn’t already convinced without evidence?
Take a tidbit like this moronic kind of logic:
It does nothing of the sort, that’s like saying telling a lie with holes in it, is an indication it’s true.
Or that people would probably line up their lies better if they lied.
Well surprise they don’t, and that’s actually a way police often detect criminals.
Trash like this is decidedly insulting to people with intelligence. But of course, that’s not the people they make their money on.
I’m not Christian and I couldn’t care less if Jesus really was a guy.
Your obsession over this is pretty weird. This is not something that scholars are actively debating over.
Ehrman is an agnostic atheist and one of the most renowned experts in the field of theology. He’s definitely not a Christian circle jerk.
I can fully understand that you don’t agree on this. But you can’t be this upset and this much and
Guess the majority of experts who devoted their lives to this issue are less intelligent than you then.
Do you care that Israel is destroying lives in Gaza?
Well I do, and similarly I care that false religions are destroying lives and families with superstition all over the world.
And the only kind of religion there is, is false religion, because if it were true it would not be religion.
Why don’t you care?
You’d be kicked out of highschool debate at this point, but okay.
Did you actually read what I said? Jesus being a real historic person and not being a son of the God or whatever Christians believe him to be is not mutually exclusive.
This is not the way to be critical about Christianity(or anything, really). If anything, you’re making it worse.