Reply #56: On what grounds? [View All]

[cgrindley]

Let's see some refereed scholarly articles supporting your view.

Price himself, one of approximately two scholars who are even remotely into the idea of a mythological Jesus (a third, Wells, has since clarified his position), confesses that his is a minority position, unsupported by virtually anyone working in the field.

I'm a medievalist and I can tell you that pretty much no serious scholar has *ever* supported the idea that Arthur really did pull a sword out of a stone, but I can assure you that you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in the business who felt that Arthur was a purely mythological figure not distantly based on some real although incredibly minor historical figure. Most of us are probably willing to say that he was probably a minor warlord who fought a series of unsuccessful minor battles against the incoming Anglo Saxons.

Same thing with Jesus. I can guarantee you he didn't walk on water, but I'm convinced that he lived and had some shit to say about how to treat the disadvantaged.