{"id":2950,"date":"2010-02-24T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/02\/at-long-last-i-understand-mythicism-i-think\/"},"modified":"2010-02-24T22:13:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T22:13:00","slug":"at-long-last-i-understand-mythicism-i-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/02\/at-long-last-i-understand-mythicism-i-think.html","title":{"rendered":"At Long Last I Understand Mythicism – I Think!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I think, with Neil Godfrey\u2019s help, I finally understand mythicism<\/a>. It is a belief system in which, when asked about the historical figure of Jesus, you answer by mentioning William Tell, Rama, the God of the Bible\u00a0and Atlantis. You then assume that these figures are comparable to Jesus of Nazareth in terms of the historical evidence. You then once again blame the other party for unfairly demeaning this viewpoint.<\/p>\n

Oh, and don\u2019t forget to cite Wikipedia and yourself as your sources, just to bolster your credibility.<\/p>\n

This interaction has been interesting, but it has already begun to become repetitive. I have some exciting projects that I\u2019ve begun or will be beginning work on, with which I expect to do one thing that mythicists tend not to: submit them for peer review. And so I expect to focus in the coming weeks and months on those and other more interest and challenging tasks. <\/p>\n

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