Nailed: 10 Christian myths that show Jesus never existed
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:36 pm
Greetings all,
A recent short book summarises the Jesus Myth theory by listing 10 myths about Christianity that turn out not to be true. That book is :
"Nailed - 10 Christian Myths that show Jesus never existed at all."
by David Fitzgerald.
Earl Doherty says of this book :
Kapyong
A recent short book summarises the Jesus Myth theory by listing 10 myths about Christianity that turn out not to be true. That book is :
"Nailed - 10 Christian Myths that show Jesus never existed at all."
by David Fitzgerald.
Earl Doherty says of this book :
Robert M. Price says :"Fitzgerald's is possible the best 'capsule summary' of the mythicist case I've ever encountered ... with an interesting and accessible approach."
Richard C. Carrier says :"Fitzgerald summarises a great number of key arguments concisely and with new power and original spin. I really learned something from him. Recalls classical skeptics and biblical crictics. A surprising amount of new material."
The ten myths are :"Say what you will about the overall conclusion that Jesus never existed, but you can't deny that when it comes to the 10 modern myths about Jesus dissected here, Fitzgerald has hit the nail on the head. All 10 points are succinct and correct. A nice readable introduction to the top ten problems typically swept under the rugby anyone insisting it's crazy to even suspect Jesus might not have existed."
- Myth 1 - The idea that Jesus was a myth is ridiculous
- Myth 2 - Jesus was wildly famous - but ...
- Myth 3 - Ancient Historian Josephus wrote about Jesus
- Myth 4 - Eye-witnesses wrote the Gospels
- Myth 5 - The Gospels give a consistent picture of Jesus
- Myth 6 - History confirms the Gospels
- Myth 7 - Archeology confirms the Gospels
- Myth 8 - Paul and the epistles corroborate the Gospels
- Myth 9 - Christianity began with Jesus and his apostles
- Myth 10 - Christianity was totally new and different
Kapyong