Paul and the Existence of Jesus 8: False Dichotomies
One of the most amateurish arguments used by Jesus mythicists is to cite verses where Paul credits divine prerogatives to God and claim that, since he did not credit them to Jesus, then Paul...
Monthly Archive: February 2015
Paul and the Existence of Jesus 7: Jesus as Messiah
It is unfortunate that many Christians treat “Christ” as if it were the family name of Jesus when it is actually a title. The Greek word Christos means “anointed” and is a translation of...
Response to a Defense of Zeitgeist: The Sun/Son Canard
Next in D. M. Murdock’s list of ten “myths” about the religion section of the film Zeitgeist is the claim that the words “sun” and “son” aren’t cognate in English. This immediately strikes one...
Response to a Defense of Zeitgeist: Astrotheology
D. M. Murdock’s next item on her list of ten “myths” about the religion section of the film Zeitgeist concerns the system referred to in the film as astrotheology. In her response to the...
Paul and the Existence of Jesus 6: Law and Gospel
One common problem with Jesus mythicists’ use of Paul is that they do not understand the line he draws between Law and Gospel. For Paul, the moral teachings of the Law were not ends...
Paul and the Existence of Jesus 5: Context of Paul’s Letters
One of the most obvious failures in understanding the letters of Paul by Jesus mythicists is in understanding the context of their composition. As with other texts of the New Testament, these letters were...
Paul and the Existence of Jesus 4: Details and Quotes from the Life of Jesus
Jesus mythicists often point to the lack of details concerning the life of Jesus in the letters of Paul to argue that Paul did not believe in an earthly Jesus. The content, they claim,...
Response to a Defense of Zeitgeist: Sources
The first “myth” D. M. Murdock cites among her top 10 myths about the religion part of Zeitgeist is that it has no sources. The problem is that critics of the film have never...
Paul and the Existence of Jesus 3: Jesus Mythicists and Docetism
An error commonly committed by Jesus mythicists assumes texts that support the docetic heresy are evidence of a belief that Jesus was not believed to have existed on earth. In particular, this assumption is...
Response to a Defense of Zeitgeist: Introduction
About a year and a half ago, D. M. Murdock (aka “Acharya S”) issued a defense of the first section of the film Zeitgeist in her column at the Examiner.com website. I had thought...
Paul and the Existence of Jesus 2: Jesus Mythicists and Double Standards
Prior to discussing the Pauline corpus directly, I will use posts 2-14 of this series to outline common erroneous assumptions by Jesus mythicists relating to their use of Paul. Once you understand their strategy...
Paul and the Existence of Jesus 1: Introduction
For Christians encountering Jesus mythicism for the first time, the most surprising claim they will encounter is that the letters of Paul contained in the New Testament do not describe an earthly Jesus but...
A Primer on the Doctrine of the Trinity
One of the most misunderstood questions in Christian theology is the doctrine of the Trinity. Most opponents of the doctrine (both those who claim to be Christians and opponents of the Christian faith), when...
Debunking Zeitgeist 32: Conclusion
This is the final installation of this series on the religion section in the film Zeitgeist. As we have seen over the previous 30+ segments, there is not a single substatial allegation made in...
Debunking Zeitgeist 31: The Crown of Tinfoil
The section on religion in Zeitgeist finally closes with the following comments: Christianity, along with all other theistic belief systems, is the fraud of the age. It served to detach the species from the...
Debunking Zeitgeist 30: Council of Nicea
Nothing has had more garbage written about it by crackpots than the Council of Nicea. Peter Joseph places himself firmly within this tradition of tinfoil hat wearers with this little outburst in Zeitgeist: The...
