I also want to share links to Neil Godfrey\u2019s latest posts, since they illustrate nicely why attempting to interact with mythicists is probably, ultimately, a waste of time. In one post<\/a> he even engages in something as childish as switching around elements of my name, calling me \u201cGarth McJames.\u201d Yet he is offended<\/a> that I don\u2019t take the views he is \u201cdefending\u201d (but has yet to present a case for) seriously. He also keeps claiming (falsely) that I have not actually read anything by mythicists. <\/p>\n But then again, it is still not clear that anyone seriously<\/em> questions the existence of Jesus.<\/p>\n Having spent so much time blogging about mythicism, I felt I would be remiss (or is that remyth?) if I were not to share a few last links that have come to my attention. Joseph Hoffmann recently\u00a0touched once again on the existence of Jesus and the Jesus Project. And although the Christian CADRE\u00a0blog is clearly […]<\/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-2948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![](\"https:\/\/www.wyolife.com\/kerryfest\/william-tell.jpg\")
<\/a>Although\u00a0the juvenile\u00a0tactics of its proponents might seem like sufficient reason to ignore mythicism, in fact there have always been poor proponents of good ideas, and I would hate to see mythicism rejected for ad hominem reasons rather than for the real reason it deserves to be ignored. The real reason mythicism is not worth serious\u00a0consideration is that there is still no plausible case for mythicism. Godfrey\u2019s best \u201ccase\u201d for mythicism thus far has been to assume<\/em><\/a> that Jesus is like William Tell<\/a> and Rama<\/a>, neither of whom is a figure the complete ahistoricity of whom is certain, and neither of whom was written about\u00a0as soon after they were supposed to have lived as Jesus was.\u00a0If we had someone writing as soon after\u00a0William Tell\u00a0was supposed to have lived as Paul\u00a0did in relation to Jesus, and who claimed to have met his brother, I\u00a0doubt anyone would seriously question Tell\u2019s existence. <\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-8542881544939332587?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")