Why do historians think Jesus was real? || ”Jesus: Mything in Action” Lit Review
Reason to Doubt - A podcast by reason2doubt
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The start of our book review of David Fitzgerald's book "Jesus: Mything in Action", which follows in the footsteps of Richard Carrier and others to argue that Jesus was never more than a myth. We start at the beginning of the book to answer David's first question: Why aren't more historians mythicists? Interact with us:Twitter: https://twitter.com/PressX_toDoubtFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason2Doubt/YouTube: youtube.com/@ReasonToDoubt Timestamps0:00 - Intro2:02 - What is mythicism?3:45 - Episode outline4:03 - Why aren't historians mythicists?9:34 - Confessions of faith and biblical scholarship13:58 - Religious institutions survey data19:20 - Response from David on survey methodology20:17 - How prevalent are religious schools really?24:50 - Survey summary27:00 - Persecution anecdotes28:00 - Case 1: Mike Licona32:00 - Case 6: Anthony Ledonne35:00 - What David left out of the story37:00 - What about the non-Christian scholars?39:00 - Carrier's Canadian girlfriend42:00 - Summary46:50 - Fallacy of the Day48:30 - Outro #atheism #history #mythicism #jesus #bible
