Did Jesus Exist? by Bart Ehrman

Serious responses are more likely to be drawn from addressing things actually said. I definitely have not made any comments about the methods of historians. First you think Theodoric said he owned The Historicity of Jesus by Carrier, and then you think he's made comments about "Carriers applications of statistics." How is one to respond but with humor and ridicule to your imagined happenings.--Percy

They're religious scholars, not historians, and the primary reasons are the ones I gave before and haven't changed: religious beliefs prevent objectivity, and the consensus itself causes its own feedback loop, strengthening faith in the belief. You haven't offered any evidence, and you ignore all requests for it. Primarily you only offer a combination of the "argument from authority" and "50,000 Frenchmen can't be wrong" fallacies.--Percy

I think you mean exegete, and even then you're trying to verb a noun. If you've got something to say about how the passage provides evidence for the historicity of Jesus then go ahead. Here's the passage again:

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Romans 1: ¹Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God— ²the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures ³regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David, ⁴and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

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No one's evading anything. It's just that there are no lackeys here to follow your commands. If you have a case to make then make it.--Percy

I'm not complaining about them at all. My only mentions of them is in response to inquiries from you. My interest lies in the evidence these gentleman have uncovered. The minutia of interactions between Carrier and Price do not much interest me. What is *your* interpretation so far as it bears upon the historicity of Jesus? Speaking generally, a Doctor of Theology is handicapped by his religious beliefs.Again, my interest is drawn to the evidence for the historical Jesus.--Percy