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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) As Christians prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, Bart Ehrman, an agnostic, convincingly demonstrates there was a historical Jesus. As for the "mythicists" who argue otherwise -- many of them his biggest fans -- Ehrman has some choice words: "sensationalist," "wrongheaded" and "amateurish." By Yonat Shimron.
Topics:
Faith,
Doctrine & Practice
Beliefs:
Freethought (Atheist, Humanist, Agnostic)
Tags:
atheists, bart ehrman, historical jesus, humanists
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