Did historical Jesus really exist? The evidence just doesn’t add up.

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148. Most who believe Jesus didn't exist aren't scholars.

There's dear Lloyd Graham, who came into the discussion a few days ago, who also believes that the earth used to be a star.

There's S. Acharya, who calls herself an archaeologist (she sifted dirt the summer of her senior year on a dig in Greece); a historian and a linguguist (she has a BA in classics but can't keep her Greek and Latin straight); and something else absurd, that I don't remember offhand. Bottom line, she's a fraud.

And poor Paul Doherty, who lists no academic credentials at all and has really, really innovative interpretations of Greek words and phrases.

Then there's the jesusneverexisted website, which assures us in all seriousness that the last time the Inquisition burned a heretic in Mexico City was in the 1860's.

Robert Price, on the other hand, is a genuine scholar, but he seems to be hedging his bets by going regularly to church (Episcopalian.)