A Christian Response by Stephen J. Bedard
I have been doing a series responding to an article by Raphael Lataster about the Je sun Myth. This is not a part of the main series but an aside about comments regarding the early church Fathers. Lataster states: While even secular scholars today might counter-intuitively downplay the significance of these parallels, important and influential … Read More “Early Church Fathers and Pagan Parallels to Jesus” »
This is a continuation of a series of responses to “Questioning the Plausibility of Jesus Ahistoricity Theories” by Raphael Lataster. This time, we will look at his suggestion that some supposed parallels in other texts suggest the Gospels cannot be taken as history. I found this to be one of the weakest parts of Lataster’s … Read More “Raphael Lataster and Questioning the Plausibility of Jesus Ahistoricity Theories – Part Four” »
The Jesus Myth Theory claims that the story of Jesus is based on pagan parallels. Those, like myself, who refute this theory demonstrate that these parallels are unfounded. But does that mean that there are no pagan parallels? There are some pretty clear pagan parallels. One is the flood story in the Epic of Gilgamesh … Read More “Are There Pagan Parallels in the Bible?” »
