Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) cited one of the most prominent historical...

I’m Jewish and have been told very angrily that I killed Jesus more than once. It’s fun.

  • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    buddy, if scholars past and present piled opprobrium on Voltaire for doubting it’s authenticity, what hope do you have?

    Not only does this link and the other link youve been given provide many historical sources and discussions, but they also then lead to other sources.

    The burden of proof lies with you invalidating hundreds of sources over thousands of years. Don’t act like I’m the one with a crackpot theory.

    Let’s compare like for like - what link with a reasonable amount of scholastic cachet can you provide to back up your theory?

    • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      It’s not a crackpot theory it’s just one that doesn’t hold up to the smell test.

      A man mentions tangentially three things and history decides that’s enough corroboration.

      He wasn’t alive at the time, he doesn’t mention what his source is and he is writing about something else.