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Of Course Jesus Really Existed! Have a Bit of Sense!

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If we needed proof that New Atheism has become a viscerally anti-intellectual movement, we need do little more than consider Jerry Coyne’s recent foray into ancient history. Although he is agnostic about the existence of Jesus, in two recent posts he is comes down on the “mythicist” side of the debate.

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The Fact of the Resurrection and the Faith of Historians

Ehrman, Crossley and the Resurrection

Recently I’ve been reading some material on the resurrection of Jesus by two biblical scholars, James Crossley and Bart Ehrman.[i] Both are sceptics and make many similar points in their attempts to argue that there are no good grounds for belief in the resurrection.

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