Kapyong

They are perfect examples of exactly what you claimed did not exist.
Persons who were MADE up.

They were BELIEVED as real people.
Made up people BELIEVED to be real.

Now we now they are NOT real.
Proving youir argument is completely false.

There are many such examples.

But now you pretend to only count those who are counted as real TODAY.
Changing the goalposts because your argument was shown wrong.


K.

Kapyong

Ys.
Many


Osiris, Isis, Dionysus, Tiamt, Aesculapius, Hercules...

Endless examples proving you wrong.



K.

kcdad

And pretending Adam and Eve, Mickey Mouse and Jesus of Nazareth are the same type of "figures from history" is idiot-ic.

Abram, Moses, Hercules ("Recaranus" or "Garanus"), William (Wilhelm) Tell, Arthur (a Romano-British leader who fought against the invading Anglo-Saxons sometime in the late 5th to early 6th century), John Frun (FROM, not Frun, The name is sometimes considered a corruption of "John from (America)") and Molly Pitcher (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) are based on REAL persons.

kcdad

What you DON'T know is scarier than what you profess to know.

kcdad

you are comparing apples and sand crabs...

spamandham

Not that either.

a. It's a bald unsupported claim
b. The word "serious" implies an irrational bias against minority positions
c. The field of Biblical studies has historically been swamped by apologists in scholar's clothing. Scholarly opionions are not free from such bias.

That said, if you want to present some actual arguments and not just hand waving assessments of nonexistent scholarly opinion polls, please proceed.

spamandham

What real person is John/Jon Frun/From/Frum/Frumm/From based on?

Kapyong

Popeye is based on a real person too.
Does that make Popeye historical ?


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kcdad

Don't try that... these serious scholars ARE the minority opinion.

The irrational bias is towards the traditional memes.

kcdad

If your premise is true, yes, of course.