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I think I\u2019m not alone in feeling that to show the ill-informed and illogical nature of the current wave of \u201cmythicist\u201d proponents is a bit like having to demonstrate that the earth isn\u2019t flat, or that the sun doesn\u2019t revolve around the earth, or that the moon-landings weren\u2019t done on a movie lot.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit wearying to contemplate!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 Larry W. Hurtado, \u201cThe \u201cDid Jesus Exist\u201d Controversy and Its Precedents\u201d on Larry Hurtado\u2019s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think I\u2019m not alone in feeling that to show the ill-informed and illogical nature of the current wave of \u201cmythicist\u201d proponents is a bit like having to demonstrate that the earth isn\u2019t flat, or that the sun doesn\u2019t revolve around the earth, or that the moon-landings weren\u2019t done on a movie lot.\u00a0 It\u2019s a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[317,1024,6350,7853,7856,8064,10872],"class_list":["post-8497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mythicism","tag-academic","tag-bart-ehrman","tag-larry-hurtado","tag-mythicism","tag-mythicists","tag-new-testament","tag-scholarship"],"yoast_head":"\nQuote of the Day (Larry Hurtado)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I think I\u2019m not alone in feeling that to show the ill-informed and illogical nature of the current wave of \u201cmythicist\u201d proponents is a bit like having to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/07\/quote-of-the-day-larry-hurtado.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Quote of the Day (Larry Hurtado)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I think I\u2019m not alone in feeling that to show the ill-informed and illogical nature of the current wave of \u201cmythicist\u201d proponents is a bit like having to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/07\/quote-of-the-day-larry-hurtado.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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