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Stein wrote:

angelo wrote:It's far easier to make a case for MJ than it is for a HJ.

Correction: It's far easier to make a case for HJ than it is for a MJ.

The very first thing bible students who propose an 'historic Jesus' have to do is throw out most of the stuff written about Jesus by early christians. Why? Because it's pure unadulterated fiction. Virgin birth, prophecies, voices from heaven, demons, angels, miracles, healings, etc etc etc.

The HJ hypothesis requires a lot of sifting out of all the evidence we have about Jesus to find those few phrases which aren't blatant and undeniable mythology.

The evidence for an historical Jesus could be written on a matchbook cover with room left over for your favorite lines from Matthew Arnold's poetry.

Yes, it's easy to make your case after you throw out 98% of the evidence and misrepresent the other 2%.