WRITTEN PRIMARILY TO PROFESSOR EHRMAN:
I was suddenly inspired to do some research on Leif Erickson. At the 3:40 mark of the video documentary, in this post, it says there are two "sagas" recounting the life of Leif Erickson. In places they overlap. in other places they contradict each other.
I instantly thought of professor Ehrman and his work. Amazing how people can blindly believe a Biblical 'saga' is infallible and inerrant. That now seems to be as insane as saying the Leif Erickson 'sagas' are infallible and inerrant.If we were to ask Christians why it would be insane to consider the sagas of Leif Erickson to be infallible and inerrant I feel they would be citing the same basic reasons why we should not consider the Biblical 'sagas' to be infallible and inerrant.
The 'sagas' of Jesus Christ overlap in some places and contradict in other places. Very much like the 'sagas' of Leif Erickson. Would SOMEONE please tell me what makes the 'sagas' of Jesus infallible and inerrant and the 'sagas' of Leif Erickson not?
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I am getting the feeling again that if the Apostles of Jesus Christ could read the current accounts of Jesus' life THEY WOULD BE SHOCKED!!! They would continually be saying things like, "THAT NEVER HAPPENED!!!" and "NO, NO, NO, YOU'VE GOT IT ALL WRONG!!!" I can't quite shake this feeling. Chances are The Buddha would say the same about the stories of his life as well. What is this madness that makes people so very certain about things they are not actually certain of? Seems like some sort of psychological sickness to me!
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http://ehrmanblog.org/some-flak-already-over-my-new-book/
As for your new book I feel you should take this as a good sign. If there is no controversy there is no interest. The more controversy the more free advertising you will get because of it. Forcing Christianity to OPEN ITS EYES and see the Bible for what it truly is will be the only thing that will prepare them for the realization that advanced alien UFO cultures have been visiting the Earth for thousands of years.
The Catholic church has already made a move to prepare all Catholics for that eventuality. Unfortunately, it seems people like YOU, professor Ehrman, are the only hope that will keep Protestants from going insane in the wake of such a 'revelation' of advanced alien UFO cultures visiting the Earth with books that are MILLIONS of years old instead of thousands.
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It seems to me that in order to determine the historicity of Jesus, Christians want to treat Jesus differently than they would treat Leif Erickson, or Caesar, or most anyone else; besides their Biblical heroes. That is not fair. Nor is it honest. Determine the historicity of Jesus in the same overall way you would determine the historicity of Napoleon, or Plato or ANY OTHER historical figure made famous by humanity!! That seems to me to be the only HONEST thing to do.
Just as there are stories of George Washington that are suspect people should be suspicious of ANY INFORMATION they have not personally verified as true and accurate.
Unless I am mistaken, The canonization of the Bible was forced upon Christianity because of all the forgeries many Christians were taking as Gospel truth. Christian experts, of the day, did their very best to determine which Christian books were authentic and which were not. However, they were apparently NOT INFALLIBLE AND INERRANT so they may have made many mistakes in their judgments. That should be expected IN THE REAL WORLD. Of course, in the fantasy world of mythological 'sagas' ANYTHING is possible.
