No Robots

So, feel free to develop your mythicist Christology. All I've seen so far on this makes the Book of Revelation look like a physics textbook.

Johnny Skeptic

I am neutral on the mythicist issue, but over the past several years at this forum, you have been much more certain than you ought to be regarding what Jesus said, and where he got his information from.

No Robots

What I ought to be? I thought you skeptics were all hopped up about the naturalistic fallacy?

Toto

What does the naturalistic fallacy have to do with a lack of skepticism in trusting ancient texts? :huh:

No Robots

All kidding aside, I think you mean that I have been more certain than I have any rational reason to be. It’s fine by me that you should think so. I’m just saying that the mythicist Christologies that I have seen are manifestly absurd.

Johnny Skeptic

What naturalistic fallacy are you talking about?

Do you believe that Jesus said most of what the Gospels say that he said? If so, why?

How do you define the word "skeptic"?

No Robots

Because of the nature of the culture, which was founded on the faithful transmission of the sayings of its spiritual leaders. Also, the sayings are generally all of a piece, revealing a self-consistent personality. (Let me pre-empt all the blather of how the sayings are self-contradictory: unity is found in the forcefulness of the expressions and their connectness to the overarching theme of a man's relationship with the Absolute, with himself, and with others.)

Toto

Let's stick to the topic, please.

Johnny Skeptic

Please start a new thread at the Abrahamic Religions forum regarding what you said. If you do, please include evidence that God provided Jesus with his information, and that Jesus' teachings are more important and trustworthy than that all other historical teachings.

No Robots

Isn't it more fun to read about all the mythicist Christologies than about some poor Palestinian schmuck who got done up right proper for having a big mouth?