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Richard Carrier is a historian and philosopher who became interested in the [[Existence of Jesus|Historicity of Jesus]] after reading [[Earl Doherty]]'s ''The Jesus Puzzle''. He has since become a public speaker on the historical reliability of the Bible and a leading proponent of the [[Jesus began as a myth and was later historicized|Jesus myth theory]]. | |||
{{quote|[Believers] ''need'' Jesus to be real, but I don't need Jesus to be a myth.<ref>Richard Carrier, [[On the Historicity of Jesus]], 2014</ref>}} | |||
==Arguments== | ==Arguments== | ||
* [[Observations | * [[Argument from nonbelief|Argument from divine silence]] | ||
* [[Observations fit abiogenesis better than a designer God]] | |||
* [[God of the shrinking gaps]] | |||
* [[Argument from inconsistent revelations]] | |||
* Argument from divine inaction, a.k.a. the [[problem of evil]] | |||
== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUYRoYl7i6U Did Jesus Even Exist? | Richard Carrier ] | * [https://www.richardcarrier.info/ Official website] | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUYRoYl7i6U Did Jesus Even Exist? | Richard Carrier] | |||
[[Category:Authors]] | [[Category:Authors]] | ||
[[Category:Historians]] | [[Category:Historians]] | ||
[[Category:Atheists]] |
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Richard Carrier is a historian and philosopher who became interested in the Historicity of Jesus after reading Earl Doherty's The Jesus Puzzle. He has since become a public speaker on the historical reliability of the Bible and a leading proponent of the Jesus myth theory.
- "[Believers] need Jesus to be real, but I don't need Jesus to be a myth.[1]"
Arguments
- Argument from divine silence
- Observations fit abiogenesis better than a designer God
- God of the shrinking gaps
- Argument from inconsistent revelations
- Argument from divine inaction, a.k.a. the problem of evil
References
- ↑ Richard Carrier, On the Historicity of Jesus, 2014