Special Atheist Goober Nerd Geek Edition

This is the kinda stuffs that makes me heart Team Atheist so much. If you are not into studying Christianity more now as an atheist (than when you were Christian), then this post is not fer you buddy. If you take pride in knowing more about Christianity than the average lay Christian (which is not hard to do) then check this shit out.

Team Atheist's favorite New Testament scholar a one Bart "Freekin" Ehrman just came out with a new book about the historicy of Jesus-that is, did Jesus, a dude walking da erffs, really exist, or is the whole kit-n-kaboodle just straight up made up (which is called the Mythicist position). The always good Religion Dispatches did an interview with The Ehrman concerning the book Did Jesus Exist. So frackin' good, but wait, yo, it gets better. Way better.

Guess who won this one? The dude that always wins.

I haven't said this yet, but The Erhman's position is that yes indeed JC did exist and is not a total fabrication by the powers that be to...err, do whatever it is they were trying to do (consolidate power). Then along comes Richard "Freekin" Carrier. OM(nonexistent)Gawd, oh my Gawd. Dr. Young Face Carrier toooottttaaalllllyyyyyyy dismantles The Erhman's book. And that is not like totally, it's just totally. Really, reading Richy's review is sure to put a smile on your godless atheist faces. It did me. Dr. Richy busted out with "...this is not a book that I can recommend (oh no you didn't bro, yes he did. ouch)."

Then guess what...the Erhman comes back, well sort of. "I never attacked him personally, (he) appears to be showing his true colors." Dammmmmm, Professor Erhman, dam. The Erhman lights up Richy in his .  rebuttal. He even gets a jab in on my favorite cuttie biblical scholar, mythicist, Acharya S. He said she is straight up wrong.

Really peeps check out the links and get your atheist nerd on. Me personally, I'm agnostic on whether Jesus existed or not. If dude did not exist, then let's get down to the bottom of this (it would make the whole debunking Christianity thing a lot easier). If for sure Jesus did walk the earth, then let's stop wasting time on the mythicist position (there are many many ways to debunk Christianity).

I'm a gonna side with what Richy said in that it is disappointing that Erhmans book is not the definitive source on the existence of Jesus that we all hoped it would be (wasn't Carrier gonna write a book about the exact opposite thing). That is why I'm still agnostic on this certain position. Check it out peeps.

Heeeyyyyyy girl. I'm Kriss (the pleasure is all yours. wink wink)

* I haven't read what Acharya S. said about what Erhman said about her work in his book and in the rebuttal. Hopefully a little later today.