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<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\nAs a footnote, Rene Salm was connected with the offer a while back of a prize to anyone who demonstrated that Jesus existed<\/a>. In searching for that site information to remind myself of the details, I found another site by someone who is offering money to anyone who can provide evidence for pre-Christian religion that Jesus could clearly have been based on<\/a>. I assume that some mythicist readers may wish to give him a run for his money \u2013 literally. \ud83d\ude42 And in related news, John Loftus is giving away more copies of Earl Doherty\u2019s book<\/a>.<\/p>\n Although mythicists are primarily focused on spreading unpersuasive ideas about Christian origins, at least one mythicist has decided to do the same in relation to the Mandaeans. Salm makes claims about the Mandaeans and Gnostics that are demonstrably false in his recent interview on Vridar. Mandaean sources consistently view celestial powers such as the sun, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n